Flying Sporran

From The TimesFebruary 7, 2007Sorry I’m 25 years late – I got on the wrong bus to go shoppingAndrew Drummond in Bangkok It was just a normal shopping trip when Jaeyana Beuraheng bade farewell to her eight children as she left to cross the border into Malaysia. But it would be 25 years before she would […]

Thai Prime Minister orders investigation into tourist killingsFrom Andrew Drummond, BangkokApril 10 2008Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej today (Thursday) formally ordered an investigation into the conduct of a Thai policeman who shot dead a Canadian tourist and injured a second.The Thai Premier, in his role as the Chairman of the Department of Special Investigations, ordered […]

From The TimesJanuary 30, 2007Cobra Swamp is reclaiming Bangkok’s showpiece airport                     Andrew Drummond in Bangkok Bangkok’s showpiece international airport, opened last year, appears to be sinking into the swamp on which it was built. The city’s old airport will have to be reopened and some flights diverted there.The $4 billion (£205 million) Suvarnabhumi airport was opened […]

Police re-arrest ‘The Ghost’ – April 2 2008From Andrew DrummondBangkokWednesday April 2 08A convicted British child-rapist was back behind bars in Thailand today after police revoked bail after angry protests by a child protection agency.Maurice Praill, 77, nicknamed ‘The Ghost’ from Harold Hill, Essex, was sent to Nongplalai prison, Pattaya, after Sudarat Sereewat a member […]

From The TimesJanuary 1, 2007Two die as bomb blasts hit new year celebrations in Bangkok•  British tourists among the injured•  Nine explosions across the Thai capitalAndrew Drummond in BangkokTerrorists brought carnage to Bangkok’s new year celebrations last night with a series of bombings that started early in the evening and ended at the stroke of […]

Thai policeman played the keyboards at my wedding to under-aged girl, says convicted child rapist – March 23 08From Andrew Drummond, BangkokPolice in Thailand said today  they were reconsidering a decision to grant bail for the sixth time to a convicted British child rapist, known as ‘The Ghost’ who was arrested last week for abusing an […]

 British paedophile ‘The Ghost’ accused of child rape ‘three times’ is arrested AGAIN in Thailand – Daily MailStepfather of ex-soccer star accused of abducting Thai girls – Irish Independent March 21 07Sixth arrested for convicted paedophile – Irish Independent March 19 08From Andrew Drummond, Pattaya 20th March 2008The most notorious British paedophile in Thailand walked free […]

From Andrew Drummond,Bangkok, March 13 08A Briton was murdered in Thailand by a mentally disturbed man who was jealous of the man’s forthcoming marriage to his sister.Retired ICI worker Ivor Chandler, 56, from Skelton, East Cleveland, had been taken by a his Thai girlfriend, Chumporn, 28, from the resort of Pattaya to meet her parents, […]

 John Denver karaoke sparks Thai killing spree – Sunday TelegraphFrom Andrew Drummond,BangkokA gunman in Thailand who shot-dead eight neighbours, including his brother-in-law, said yesterday he had had enough of the noise and their awful karaoke singing.Weenus Chumkamnerd, 52, put his gun to the head of a respected female doctor and seven of her guests as […]

From Andrew Drummond, Bangkok,March 5th 2008An Irish computer hacker who posed on the internet as a young Thai woman to successfully blackmail a British millionaire in Bangkok was arrested by police yesterday in Northern Thailand.Computer hacker David Gerard Murphy, 42, from Dublin, was seized by police, after he decided 40,000 Euros was not enough for […]