Author: Andrew Drummond
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REUTERS IN ROW OVER ROHINGYA PULITZER PRIZE – STAFF DRINK CHAMPAGNE WHILE RESEARCHERS SURRENDER
REUTERS ‘PLEASE PICK UP YOUR PHONES!’ – SAY JOURNALISTS ‘GOING TO JAIL’- Reuters PR picture – Jason celebrates with champagne Reuter’s news agency was attacked today for celebrating a Pulitzer Prize in champagne while two journalists who provided critical assistance on their story face jail. Reuters journalists Jason Szep and Andrew R.C. Marshall were commended…
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STRIKE BACK! EXPATS FIGHT BACK AGAINST ‘VEXATIOUS LITIGANT’.
FACE OFF WITH OPHTHALMIC OPTICIAN (PIC – Norbert back left Jurgen back right – Suthep Thaugsuban front right Controversial German property developer Norbert Verweyen has been ordered to surrender to Bangkok Criminal Court to pay bail on May 18th as expats, who bought property from him in Koh Samui begin to retaliate for years of…
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FANCY A FLUTTER? DON’T WITH THIS HORSE.
WHY NOT INVEST IN LITIGATION? HERE ARE 10 MILLION REASONS Here’s another investment fund touted to punters in Thailand by our own breed of financial advisors which appears to have gone belly up. Centaur Litigation seems to have mislaid millions – well around US$10 million – and those who will suffer of course are those…
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ALL MEN ARE EQUAL- SOME MISTAKE SURELY
Michael Taylor’s alibi for murdering his Thai girlfriend was that he was on the beach having sex with a ladyboy – But Phuket Police’s excuse for not having him in custody goes one better – ‘We are too busy’. And thus law enforcement in Thailand carries on showing that of course all men are equal…
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THAI WOMAN RESCUED FROM ALBANIA BY WOMAN WHO WAS DEPORTED UNCEREMONIOUSLY FROM SCOTLAND
THAI BRIDE DEPORTED FROM SCOTLAND NOW DEDICATES LIFE TO SAVING OTHERS IN DISTRESS. A Thai bride who was unceremoniously put into custody and then deported from Scotland four years ago after her kilt maker husband told the British Border Agency his marriage no longer ‘subsisted’ has arranged for the escape of Thai woman who was…
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BRITISH JOURNALIST IN TALKS WITH DEPUTY THAI PM OVER ‘VEXATIOUS LITIGANTS’.
British journalist Andrew Drummond who has fought and won eleven out of 12 criminal libel cases brought by a group consisting predominantly of foreigners in Thailand was in talks this week with a Thai cabinet Minister and Deputy Prime Minister. The meeting which took place at the Thailand Cultural Centre covered areas which covered, criminal…
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ANDREW DRUMMOND IS ‘IRREPLACEABLE’ – REPORT
‘IF ANDREW DRUMMOND IS FORCED TO LEAVE THAILAND CROOKS WILL BE FREE AND WITHOUT SCRUTINY’ A report on the website Phuketwan today says British journalist ‘Andrew Drummond is irreplaceable’. And it adds that if he was forced to leave Thailand ‘the crooks will be free to continue their shakedowns and rip-offs, without scrutiny’. The report…
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THAI LAND CANNOT BE SOLD TO APPEASE FOREIGN INVESTORS -TOUCHWOOD UPDATE
Touchwood – the company which has ripped off investors out of millions of dollar in its tree planting scheme has apparently offered investors in Sri Lanka the cash from the liquidation of its assets in Thailand, the Sunday Times is reporting in Columbo. But local investors are not convinced, nor are foreign and Thai investors,…
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‘I’M BACK! – AND I’M GAY FRIENDLY’-
Gonged Former Pattaya Times publisher is back on the internet and engaged in a reputation recovery bid as his trial continues over his alleged extortion of a health clinic in Pattaya. Shaved suited and gonged Noyes is also promoting ‘Spice’ magazine once billed as Thailand’s biggest gay magazine showing he is an all-round tolerant kind…
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‘I’M JUST THE SAME AS 100,000 BRITS WITH THAI KIDS
‘SUGGESTIONS OF BIGAMY ARE VILE, VISCIOUS AND UNTRUE – SHE’S A MIA NOI’ A British ‘bigamy’ enquiry seems to have to come to a close after a misunderstanding by British police over the Thai acceptance of ‘mia nois’ or mistresses. While Peter Leonard, 54, went through a wedding ceremony with his Thai girlfriend Jaija, who…
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THAI VISA LAWYER IN HOLIDAY SENSATION?
Somsak – A reader is awaiting answer to ‘Songkran Troubles – How to react?’ I have always been fascinated in Thailand by advice columns all over the place – usually in newspapers – where people with problems are invited to pose their questions to the resident lawyer – and get an answer for free. This…
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PSST! WANNA DEGREE! TRY ONE OF THESE
EDUCATION IS FOR THE BIRDS! (Solum pro Avibus Est Educatio) Thailand took a hammering recently, deserved of course, for the being a centre for passport theft and passport forgery. But really if a terrorist wanted to say re-invent himself as a University Professor with many doctorates there is no better place to go to for these…
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A LOTTA ‘LEKS’ IN ALBANIA
Flying Sporran’s Midweek Diary Have been a bit busy recently but just wanted to update everyone after my appeal a few days ago over the series of libel cases brought against me by people who should really not be here. First of all thank you all very much. Together with money that has come in…
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HUMANS IN MUSTH TERRIFY ELEPHANTS IN THAILAND
NOW ‘CELEBRITIES’ TAKE THEIR OWN SELFIES AND HIRE THEIR OWN STALKERS They also have cameras shooting out of the places the sun don’t shine It’s been on the cards for years but the inglorious days of the paparazzi have gone and there are only a few who can make good business stalking pop stars, films…
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FROM THE ABSURD TO THE OBSCENE – The legacy of the Blue Diamond
FIVE MORE THAI COPS ACQUITTED IN DEATH LINKED TO SAUDI CROWN JEWELS. You really cannot make up what happens in Thailand but the latest case in the criminal courts seems so obscene that it almost defies belief. This all started many years ago when a Thai thief working in the Royal Palace in Saudi Arabia…