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British Magic Wands Accused Of Killing People In Thailand
‘These British machines are falsely finding explosives in coconut trees. But people die when they give false negative reports ‘. From Andrew Drummond, Bangkok, Monday January 4th 2010 Pictures: Andrew Chant/WGPP The Prime Minister of Thailand will this week be asked to order the withdrawal of British explosives detection equipment known as ‘magic wands’ for testing amid […]
The Thai Spy In Cambodia – The Real Scandal
I have been following the Thai ‘non spy’ in Cambodia affair with interest. In fact I am as usual having a problem reading the newspapers with a straight face. Seems nobody in Thailand has done any real reporting on this case at all, or perhaps I have missed it. Certainly there is so much missing […]
Disabled Brits Face 'Girlfriend' Deprivation – Pattaya
In the spirit of ‘well just fancy that’ comes the news that some of us poor Brits living over here in Thailand are panicking a bit because those who distribute social security payments back home are blocking payments to people essentially living overseas. So step-forward the Pattaya Brits who find that even a half-good disability […]
Brit Island Drug Rape Case Returns Thailand To Give Evidence
A Briton, who fled Thailand with his girlfriend after they believe they were seriously sexually abused after being drugged on a holiday island, has returned to complete his evidence for Thai police. Police in Koh Chang, 250 miles south east of Bangkok, said today they had now taken a statement from the man, known only […]
A Bad Dancer Always Has Trouble With His Balls – Pattaya
Pattaya’s infamously dead pan local media, which faithfully follows their local police, have been slavishly reporting, the recent arrest of 11 Russian prostitutes in the B52 club complex in, according to the Pattaya Daily News, ‘Pattaya’s infamous Walking Street’. The raids conducted by Chonburi Superintendent, Pol. Col. Worawit Waitanormjit, if your read the PDN, or […]
Journalism And Yak Fur
Today I hand over this blog to a missive from Roger Beaumont , my ‘hail fellow well met’ public school rebel friend, who used to work on the ‘Nation’ but left when the editors decided they could produce an English language newspaper with a designer from Milwaukee and without too many troublesome English language sub-editors […]
Brits In Thai Island Drug Rape Pin Their Hopes On Scotland Yard
From Andrew Drummond, Koh Chang, Thailand Link Evening Standard The SUN Scotland Yard confirmed today that they have conducted tests on a British couple who say they were subjected to a horrifying gang rape in Thailand and planned to co-operate with a Thai police investigation into the incident. The couple who fled back to London […]
Fisherman Jailed For Murder Of British Yachtsman – Thailand
Link to Sky News today Sunday MirrorBackground Links: The Times, Daily MailFrom Andrew Drummond, Bangkok, Saturday November 28 2009Pictures: Andrew Chant Two young Burmese fishermen have been sentenced to 25 years in prison each for the murder of 64-yr-old British yachtsman Malcolm Robertson off the coast of Thailand earlier this year.At statement from the British […]
British Couple Subject To Clockwork Orange Sex Style Attack
Link to DailyMail Link New York Daily NewsBy Andrew DrummondLast updated at 12:38 AM on 28th November 2009A British couple have become victims of a horrendous Clockwork Orange-style sex attack ordeal while on holiday in Thailand.The professional couple had chosen the Thai holiday island of Koh Chang to round off a memorable one-year sabbatical from their […]
Seeing Me, Seeing You! Foreign Film Crews In Pattaya
This is a blog onlyThe inevitable has happened. Well I guess it had to sometime.The resort of Pattaya has always been an attraction to foreign film crews. They have to be sneaky. It’s a dangerous occupation down there, and as I think I mentioned before, pointing a camera in a wrong direction, particularly at a […]
