Category: British Embassy
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Now Grenade Threats Claim Against British Scientist Who Upset Top Thai Civil Servant.
‘WE WANT TO FRAG THE DOC! OR ITS YOU!’ – A British scientist who accused the chief of Thailand’s National Innovation Agency of plagiarism and ethical misconduct claimed today that he has now getting grenade threats at his Bangkok home. Dr. Wyn Ellis, 56, said a gang of motorcyclists approached the guard of his housing…
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British Foreign Office To Sue Over Mouldy Embassy
EMBASSY CONTROVERSY – STAFF EVACUATED AFTER MOULD FOUND IN STAFF HOUSINGFrom ANDREW DRUMMOND, in Bangkok and GEORGE ARBUTHNOTT in LondonApril 29 2012The British Government faces having to sue contractors after a large part of its British Embassy in Thailand was forced to be evacuated and declared a health hazard due to ‘mould’. Today as the…
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British Consular Officials Snub One of OUR BOYS
and other consular stories such as‘Pattaya Brits’ were here 400 years ago.andConsular official flogged to deathFrom ANDREW DRUMMOND, Bangkok, April 19 2012A Royal Marine swindled out of £30,000 by a British businessman in Thailand while he was serving in Middle East hotspots says he has been snubbed by British consular officials whom, he claims, refused…
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Sex Bonus For Scam Traders in £100 Million Bangkok Shares Sting
By Andrew Drummond for the Sunday Mirror July 29 2001 THE newspaper adverts promised a lucrative wage packet and a lifestyle to match in one of the world’s most exotic cities. Yet hundreds of Britons lured to join Bangkok sales teams have found themselves caught up in a pounds 100 million shares scam. The ‘Boiler…