Thai Policeman Who Gunned Down Canadians Seized By DSI – CBC
Link to CBC storyLink to Globe and Mail storyFrom Andrew Drummond, Bangkok Criminal Court, October 15 2008A Thai policeman accused of gunning down two Canadian backpacker s, killing one, was committed to prison in Bangkok today to face trial for the alleged murder.Police Sergeant Uthai Dechawiwat was taken to the Criminal Court in Bangkok and […]
Ex Thai PM Linked To Corruption With Burma Junta
Thailand’s Supreme Court has issued another arrest warrant for Thaksin Shinawatra, the ousted premier, this time for cashing in on Burma’s military junta while offering himself as a mediator with the repressive regime.While Mr Thaksin, until recently owner of Manchester City F.C., offered Thailand as host country for talks with Burma, he was secretly cashing […]
Thailand In Political Deadlock Over New Prime Minister
Thailand was in a political deadlock today after the country’s parliament could not find a quorum to vote in a new Prime Minister.Deposed Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej, who was forced to resign for breaking conflict of interest laws by going on a television show called Cooking and Grumbling, had hoped coalition government members, who have […]
Thai 'State Of Emergency' Lull As Government Waits Budget Day
Thousands of tourists , hundreds of them British, continued their slow evacuation from the Thai capital Bangkok tonight as a ‘State of Emergency’ declared by the government provided a lull in violence.The state enterprise unions, who have joined the anti-government protest, allowed flights to continue uninterrupted from Bangkok and the country’s southern resorts of Phuket […]
State Of Emergency – Thai Government Bribed For Votes
An uneasy truce hung over Bangkok today after State of Emergency was declared at the end of a night of violence in the Thai capital.Children were sent scurrying home from schools, workers went on strike, tourists, thousands of them British, struggled to get out of the country, and anti-government protesters dug themselves deeper into Government […]
Thousands Of UK Tourists Trapped
Thousands of Britons were trapped in Thailand last night as mobs protesting against the country’s ‘corrupt’ government laid siege to airports in tourist hot spots. Some 15,000 people were turned away from the airport on the holiday island of Phuket after protesters from the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) stormed the runway and terminals.Stranded passengers […]
Sun, Sea, Sand And Sex Scotland On Sun August 25
Not by Andrew Drummond. But quotes him. An overview of touring child abusers and some of the cases Andrew Drummond has coveredLink to Scotland on Sunday articlepublish Date: 24 August 2008By Dani GaravelliIN HEATHROW Airport, the atmosphere was tense. As the plane bound from Thailand touched down, police officers took up their positions, paparazzi photographers […]
Andrew Drummond The Only Reporter With Gary Glitter
REJECTED BY VIETNAM, THAILAND, HONG KONG, NOW POP PERVERT GLITTER AGREES TO RETURN TO BRITAINPaedophile Gary Glitter has agreed to fly back to Britain after two days in international limbo as he was refused entry to Hong Kong and Thailand, according to Thai police.Officers said the disgraced former pop star has finally agreed to board […]
Gary Glitter Tricked Onto Flight
Glitter, aka, Paul Gadd tries to negotiate himself out of Hong KongThe disgraced glam-rocker Gary Glitter has finally agreed to return home to Britain after falling for a trick by Thai police, with a little help from their colleagues in Hong Kong.The 64-year-old convicted paedophile sat alone tonight on a bench seat in Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi […]
Glitter's Return Prompts Tighter Sex Offender Laws
Gary Glitter’s return prompts tighter sex offender lawsRichard Ford, Jack Malvern and Andrew Drummond in Bangkok Child sex offenders are to face tighter travel restrictions after it emerged that existing laws would not curb Gary Glitter’s movements after he returns to Britain.The measures to be announced by the Home Office today come as the 1970s glam-rock […]
