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Andrew Drummond

2015

BBC University Challenge Champion In Breakout From Thailand

YOUR STARTER FOR TEN – NO CONFERRING  How do you get past Thai Immigration controls? Thor Halland second from left. the BBC’s Jeremy Paxman third in from right Thor Halland a member of the Birkbeck College, London, team which won BBC TV’s University Challenge in 2003, has been released from jail in Thailand and will […]

ARREST WARRANT: THE TORN NET OF THAI JUSTICE CLOSES IN ON PATTAYA’S FAKE LAWYERS

SIXTY DAY COUNT DOWN TO THAI JUSTICE IN PATTAYA  An arrest warrant has been issued for Brian Goudie, the convicted criminal, who set up home in Thailand posing as a barrister and former officer in the Royal Marines, to make money out of tourists and expats. The warrant was issued on the same day that […]

TOURIST CAPTIVE IN THAILAND FOR A YEAR AFTER DISPUTE OVER SEX FEES WITH COYOTE GIRLS.

MAN WHO RECORDS SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT DECISIONS ORDERED TO DO SO FROM PATTAYA CONDO COURTS GONE MAD PART I A threesome goes wrong in sex city Flying Sporran in the courts The following is essentially a real account although there is no verbatim record and comes from the defence in a case in Pattaya – […]

FAKE SCOTS LAWYER INDICTED ON REVENGE PORN AND OTHER CHARGES

BLOWN! The Revenge Of The Falkirk Faker Thailand’s arguably most famous Scotsman was ordered to surrender to bail by a court in the resort of Pattaya today to charges relating to revenge porn, defamation, and fraud. #BrianGoudie, 48, Falkirk, known as Goldie when he was sentenced to six years jail in Australia for the theft […]

BRITISH PROFESSOR RELEASED IN THAI TURNAROUND – NAME DELETED FROM BLACKLIST

DOCTOR ELLIS FREED! A British professor working for the United Nations Environmental Programme was released from detention late last night after a Thai government turn-about – and his name was removed from the country’s blacklist. |Facebook/Wyn Wllis Wyn Ellis, from Swansea, an agriculturalist based in Bangkok, was released from cells air side in Bangkok International […]

BRITISH PROFESSOR TO BE DEPORTED FROM THAILAND AS ‘DANGER TO SOCIETY’

COURT CASES, ROCKS AND STONES, AND DEATH THREATS – HE CAME THROUGH IT ALL EXCEPT A THAI CIVIL SERVANT’S LOSS OF FACE The British academic who was detained in custody at Bangkok airport after correctly accusing a Thai civil servant of forgery and plagiarism – has been told he will be deported from Thailand on […]

BRITISH PROFESSOR HELD IN CUSTODY IN SCANDAL OF SNEAKY CIVIL SERVANT

UN ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANT  ‘DANGER TO THAI SOCIETY’ IS VICTIM OF CIVIL SERVANT’S LOSS OF FACE A British professor who accused a high ranking Thai government official of plagiarism and defeated him in the courts has been arrested and held in custody as a danger to Thai society. Dr. Ellis in captivity Professor Wyn Ellis, from […]

Constitution? Who needs a constitution

(With A Badly Written Legal System And Flawed Educational One ) – THAILAND DOES Of the people, by the people, for the people? Thai Lawyers for Human Rights have issued a briefing on their interpretation and stance on Thailand’s new draft constitution. No need to comment personally on the draft. It is self explanatory. It […]

DON’T FORGET BURMA’S FORGOTTEN ARMY

Flying Sporran’s Weekend Diary An article in the Myanmar Times today by R J Vogt about the Karen minority celebrating VJ Day in Rangoon (Yangon) last month and an accompanying picture certainly brings back a few memories. The story centres around of Sally Mclean and her organization ‘Help for Forgotten Allies’  or H4FA which of […]

LADY BOYS ‘UNACCEPTABLE’ – BURMESE MINISTER

BURMESE MINISTER DECLARES WAR ON LADYBOYS – HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH CONDEMNS. Human Rights Watch has condemned ‘grossly discriminatory’ remarks made against lady boys and gays by the Burma’s Minister for Border and Security Affairs. The attack comes after Dr.Myint Kyu called for the rounding up of gay men saying ‘the existence of gay men who […]