2008

Dive industry split over ‘Open Water’ drama, but life-saving British diver is ‘real hero’ say colleagues  From Andrew Drummond, Phuket  The British diver involved in the controversial ‘Open Water’ drama off the Great Barrier Reef has been acclaimed as a ‘real hero’ by colleagues despite accusations levelled against him in Australia of negligence. The holiday diving industry […]

‘I have, no cash, no job, and can’t work’ replies Mr. Swirly after being asked to discuss compensation to child’s father  From Andrew Drummond, BangkokMonday June 2nd 2008 Canadian paedophile suspect Christopher Neil, now better known as ‘Mr. Swirly’, came face to face with the father of one of his victims in court in Bangkok yesterday. But […]

From Andrew Drummond, BangkokSunday April 20th 2008A Briton, who fled the Philippines with his girlfriend and baby daughter to avoid being jailed on adultery charges, said today (Sunday) that he would undergo DNA tests in Bangkok to prove that he was the baby’s father.And he begged British officials to allow him to go home with […]

British father who fled Philippines begs the government to let him bring his family to UK – Daily Mail Safe: Dad facing jail for adultery – Sunday Mirror April 20 08Link: Why wont the Foreign Office help? Mail on Sunday From Andrew Drummond, BangkokA British father, who faces seven years jail for adultery, has successfully fled the […]

From The TimesFebruary 7, 2007Sorry I’m 25 years late – I got on the wrong bus to go shoppingAndrew Drummond in Bangkok It was just a normal shopping trip when Jaeyana Beuraheng bade farewell to her eight children as she left to cross the border into Malaysia. But it would be 25 years before she would […]

Thai Prime Minister orders investigation into tourist killingsFrom Andrew Drummond, BangkokApril 10 2008Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej today (Thursday) formally ordered an investigation into the conduct of a Thai policeman who shot dead a Canadian tourist and injured a second.The Thai Premier, in his role as the Chairman of the Department of Special Investigations, ordered […]

From The TimesJanuary 30, 2007Cobra Swamp is reclaiming Bangkok’s showpiece airport                     Andrew Drummond in Bangkok Bangkok’s showpiece international airport, opened last year, appears to be sinking into the swamp on which it was built. The city’s old airport will have to be reopened and some flights diverted there.The $4 billion (£205 million) Suvarnabhumi airport was opened […]

Police re-arrest ‘The Ghost’ – April 2 2008From Andrew DrummondBangkokWednesday April 2 08A convicted British child-rapist was back behind bars in Thailand today after police revoked bail after angry protests by a child protection agency.Maurice Praill, 77, nicknamed ‘The Ghost’ from Harold Hill, Essex, was sent to Nongplalai prison, Pattaya, after Sudarat Sereewat a member […]

From The TimesJanuary 1, 2007Two die as bomb blasts hit new year celebrations in Bangkok•  British tourists among the injured•  Nine explosions across the Thai capitalAndrew Drummond in BangkokTerrorists brought carnage to Bangkok’s new year celebrations last night with a series of bombings that started early in the evening and ended at the stroke of […]

Thai policeman played the keyboards at my wedding to under-aged girl, says convicted child rapist – March 23 08From Andrew Drummond, BangkokPolice in Thailand said today  they were reconsidering a decision to grant bail for the sixth time to a convicted British child rapist, known as ‘The Ghost’ who was arrested last week for abusing an […]