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Thai Rescue For Stranded Tourists – Except For Furious Brits

  The airlift of passengers trapped in the Far East took off  in earnest last night as airlines came to the rescue of most nationalities – except for thousands of desperate Britons. SAS had three flights for Scandinavians from Phuket, KLM came to the rescue of the Dutch. Air France provided a flight for the French. Jet […]

Thai Premier Will Not Resign – Scene Set For Bangkok Showdown

Thai Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat tonight refused to step down saying ‘I have done nothing wrong’  and left it to police to deal with the yellow shirted protesters who have seized the  country’s international airport.Shortly after his return to Thailand from Peru to be greeted by red-shirted pro-government supporters in the northern capital of Chiang […]

Thai Police Shooting Case Abandoned. Policeman Freed

From Andrew Drummond, Bangkok November 22 2008 Shock as Thai policeman who gunned down Canadians in Thailand is released and case halted. The Thai policeman who gunned down two Canadian tourists in the Northern Thai village of Pai in January this year has been released without charge by a court in Bangkok.And the case against the police sergeant […]

Thai Police Shooting Case Abandoned. Policeman Freed

Shock as Thai policeman who gunned down Canadians in Thailand is released and case halted. The Thai policeman who gunned down two Canadian tourists in the Northern Thai village of Pai in January this year has been released without charge by a court in Bangkok.And the case against the police sergeant who killed Leo Del Pinto, […]

Gary Glitter – Where They Went Wrong

(originally publish September 2008) When the disgraced former glam-rock star was released from jail in Vietnam, Bangkok based journalists Andrew Drummond and Andrew Chant made sure the convicted paedophile went back to the U.K., despite a Hong Kong diversion which was billed in the UK as Glitter’s Asian Tour 2008.It was fitting as both Drummond […]

Gary Glitter – Where They Went Wrong

(originally publish September 2008)When the disgraced former glam-rock star was released from jail in Vietnam, Bangkok based journalists Andrew Drummond and Andrew Chant made sure the convicted paedophile went back to the U.K., despite a Hong Kong diversion which was billed in the UK as Glitter’s Asian Tour 2008.It was fitting as both Drummond and […]

Bangkok Canadian Embassy Helped In Del Pinto Murder Enquiry

Canadian Embassy absolved of allegations of doing nothing over Leo Del Pinto murder. They were active behind the scenes.Link to the Chilliwack Times, Canada,correction

Ousted Thai Premier Banned From Briton – Mail On Sunday

Millionaire Thaksin Shinawatra, the ousted Thai Prime Minister who went on to buy Manchester City football club has been banned from Britain.The visas for both he and his wife Pojaman were yesterday cancelled by the United Kingdom Border Agency rendering them fugitive from justice.Today (Saturday) the couple, who have both been jailed in their absence […]

Thaksin Shinawatra Branded A Criminal Thais Seek Extradition

From Andrew Drummond,Bangkok Supreme Court, October 21 08Former Thai Premier and owner of Manchester City Football Club was branded a criminal today and jailed for two years while ‘in absentia’ in England.After finding him guilty of corruption in a land deal  the Supreme Court submitted the verdict to Thailand’s Attorney General to pass to Britain […]

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 […]