2012

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 […]

A six year scam comes full circleCOMMENTApril 15 2012Six years ago the Pattaya People Media Corporation began heavily promoting Harlequin Property and Thailand Property and Media Exhibition Company Ltd.Now it has become clearly obvious that Harlequin run by Essex former double glazing salesman – turned bankrupt – David Ames, and taken over in Thailand by […]

But Brit had colourful history of public order offencesANDREW DRUMMOND, BangkokApril 10 2012  An investigation is reported to have started into how a Briton arrested on a charge of stealing a motor-cycle died behind bars within days of his arrest in the Thai resort of Pattaya. A British Foreign & Commonwealth spokesman confirmed early today […]

BUT MARINE’S MISSING CASH IS JUST A DROP IN THE OCEAN A Flying Sporran Inquiry Pattaya, April 5 2012A British Royal Marine was scammed out of £30,000 by foreign businessmen in Pattaya while serving his country in Iraq and Lebanon.Toby Brockhurst, 28, from Bristol, was with 45 Commando, Royal Marines, based in Arbroath, Scotland, when […]

From Andrew Drummond,Bangkok, April 3 2012 A shocking video featuring the capture, beating, and skinning of dogs in Thailand for the Vietnamese restaurant trade looks set to anger animal lovers worldwide. Although Thailand is a Buddhist country, which frowns on the killing of any living being, the video released by a new organisation called the Animal […]

 Another Flying Sporran BR WarningMarch 27 2012A Bangkok boiler room guy has written in to ask me to lay off on the basis that ‘some of us have got to work for a living.’ He did not go so far as to say: ‘Let us do an honest day’s work,guv.’ File Picture: – Boiler room traders […]

From ANDREW DRUMMOND,Bangkok, March 26 2012 The President of ‘The Grey Man’ an Australian registered charity has resigned two months after the charity was exposed on this site for ‘hyping’ a rescue of 21 Akha hill tribe children in Chiang Rai, Northern Thailand. Sean McBride, also known as John Curtis, made the announcement after Lindsay […]

DREW NOYES REMANDED – DESCRIBES CRIME SCENE IN RESTAURANT REVIEW  Pattaya Times publisher Drew Walter Noyes has now been remanded at Pattaya Court on a charge of extortion. His newspaper does not record his arrest, but in a restaurant review this week a Pattaya Times ‘staff reporter’ describes the alleged crime scene.Noyes, who was arrested a week […]

 SKY TRAIN GUARD SEES RED AT BLUE & GREEN PINK AND YELLOW BALLOONS – COSHES FOREIGNER  From ANDREW DRUMMOND,BANGKOK March 18 201A foreigner travelling with his wife and six-year-old daughter was allegedly severely beaten with a truncheon by a security guard after trying to access the BTS sky train in Bangkok with a bunch of balloons.The incident happened at Phomprong […]

Britain is Great! A timely reminder Bangkok 15 March 2010 Today is good news day. This item is to remind readers that Britiain is Great and its especially great this year because we are holding the Olympics there.(This in itself is an achievement. I have covered the Olypmic Games in LA and Seoul – showing my […]