Palace Bitch From The Slums Wins The Heart Of A Nation
Palace bitch from slums wins the heart of a nationBy Andrew Drummond in BangkokDecember 4 2002More than 100,000 people queued to buy the book of her life on the first day of its sale.And though she is from the humblest of origins she is now the king’s favourite.Tongdaeng (Copper), the former Bangkok stray bitch adopted […]
The Philosopher's Wife
RUNNING FOR HIS LIFE: Scholar: My Thai wife is a murdererAndrew DrummondThe NationBuri Rampublish on Sep 18, 2002An American academic who fled Thailand for Japan alleges that he was tricked into covering up the brutal torture and murder of a Thai bar girl, who he claims was killed by his ex-wife.Police said they were investigating […]
Dogs Of Soccer War
DOGS OF SOCCER WARSunday Mirror, May 5, 2002 by ANDY GARDNER, ANDREW DRUMMONDBRITISH soccer hooligans are secretly plotting to wreck the World Cup.More than 100 violent hard-core thugs are determined to wreak havoc in Japan after slipping into the country from Thailand.The plan to disrupt the soccer tournament has been hatched by notorious troublemakers Chris […]
Campaign Forces Closure Of Tourist Attraction
The Times February 5th 1998 Thai police free tribal captives in ‘human zoo’.Inquiry begins after Times campaign forces closure of ‘tourist attraction’, Andrew Drummond reportsARMED police and local militia raided a remote village in northern Thailand yesterday and released 33 people from a Burmese Padaung hill tribe of long-necked women, who had been kept in […]
Thailand Backs Closure Of 'Human Zoo' For Long-Necked Slaves
The Times January 27 1998 An official inquiry into a labour camp where tribespeople are forced to perform for tourists has called for those responsible to be prosecuted. Andrew Drummond reports from Bangkok on a scandal exposed by The Times A THAI government inquiry has confirmed a report in The Times on a slave labour camp, […]
Rescuers Abandon Attempts To Free 'Human Zoo' Women
The Times January 4 1998Members of a Burmese tribe who were rescued from captivity by welfare workers have been sent back to their kidnappers by Thai police, Andrew Drummond reports from Mai AiAN attempt to free the captive women and children of a Burmese long-necked hill tribe, who have been kept under guard as a […]
Prisoners In A Human Zoo. The Original Story
The Times Nov 22 1997Tourists are contributing to Thai slavery writes Andrew DrummondWOMEN from a remote Burmese hill tribe who are renowned for their long necks are being used as exhibits in a human zoo in Thailand, where they sought refuge after fleeing from Burma’s military junta.Three of the villagers, who have been found by […]
Rebel Who Caught Pol Pot
THE TIMES WEDNESDAY JULY 30 1997Andrew Drummond on his old friend Nate Thayer, who found Cambodia’s butcherLast Friday, Nate Thayer achieved every journalist’s dream when he scooped the world by meeting, and obtaining footage of, Pol Pot.By Monday, he was going through every journalist’s nightmare ‘ holed up in a Bangkok hotel, struggling to write […]
A Tale Of Two Cities
Pattaya’ Perfect DilemmaAndrew Drummond for The Nation, BangkokMarch 30th 1997Pattaya’s Perfect DilemmaHoteliers, tourist authority and city officials, a newspaper publisher, and local politicians last week invited foreign journalists based in Thailand down to the resort of Pattaya to promote the resort and air their complaints of unfair press reporting.The city regularly appears in foreign newspapers […]
A Tale Of Two Cities
Pattaya’ Perfect DilemmaAndrew Drummond for The Nation, BangkokMarch 30th 1997Pattaya’s Perfect DilemmaHoteliers, tourist authority and city officials, a newspaper publisher, and local politicians last week invited foreign journalists based in Thailand down to the resort of Pattaya to promote the resort and air their complaints of unfair press reporting.The city regularly appears in foreign newspapers […]
