April 2014

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

‘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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

 ‘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 […]