General News
Thai Wife And Lover Face Court Over Murder of British Pensioner
Murdered pensioner was dying anyway From ANDREW DRUMMOND,Bangkok, February 10, 2012 A Thai wife and her lover are to appear in court in Prachuap Khiri Khan later this month to face charges of setting up the murder of British pensioner Raymond Hind in the resort of Hua Hin in 2010.Bunnag Hind, 40, nicknamed ‘Fon’ and […]
Thai Bride Threatens To Kill Herself At British Embassy
THAI WIFE VISA REJECT THREATENS TO KILL HERSELF Bangkok, February 1 2012 Angry demonstrators rallied outside the British Embassy today as a Thai woman married to a retired Scottish kilt-maker threatened to kill herself outside the mission on St. Valentine’s Day.Supporters gathered around Kanokrat Booth, 42, waving banners saying ‘Stop Judging Thai People’ and ‘Marriage is […]
Thai Bride And Scottish Kilt Maker – Comment And Video
February 2 2012 COMMENT I have been deleting a lot of posts over the last 24 hours, a sure sign that I am not in touch with a lot of my readers here, many of whom seem to have drifted in fromThai Visa.com. The issue was of course Kanokrat Booth who has been protesting outside […]
Fingers Crossed For Tiger Op
Vets are hoping surgery will now give Meow the tiger a normal life Pictures ANDREW CHANTWords: ANDREW DRUMMONDBangkok, Thailand For Scottish Daily Mail 30th January 2012 A young Scots vet Louise Wilson, 29, more used to dealing with pet cats in Aberdeen, found herself face to face in surgery with a 150 kilogram Asian tiger today after […]
– Fighting For His Life After Disputing Decorating Bill
AMBUSH BRIT FIGHTS FOR LIFE A ‘Flying Sporran Inquiry’ Hua Hin February 1 2012 Justine Ayling and her husband Paul took their 12-yr-old son to Thailand for a new life and to be close to Paul’s retired parents. They designed and built their own luxury home and enjoyed the balmy weather and beautiful beaches of Hua […]
American Visa Man Arrested On Child Rape Charge -UPDATED
American who exports Thai brides is alleged child rapist (2890 views clickometer re-set to zero on update 1.15 – 01-02-2012.From ANDREW DRUMMOND, BANGKOKJanuary 26 2012 The boss of what is Thailand’s biggest ‘visa’ company, specialising in getting Thai women into the United States has been seized for the rape of a 12-yr-old girl on and […]
Drew Noyes In Custody – updated
Noyes Bails Himself Out January 24 2011 Exclusive by Mangus EvansA seemingly unhappy Drew Noyes, publisher of the ‘Pattaya Times’ was placed in custody at Pattaya Criminal Court today after he pleaded not guilty to libeling a Thai-Dutch businessman and former colleague on the committee of the Pattaya City Expats Club.Mr. Noyes was placed in the cells below […]
Prisoner Of Boyztown Gets Sentence Drastically Cut – After His Release
Times are hard in Boyz Town – here’s one man glad to be out of it. FROM ANDREW DRUMMOND,BANGKOK, JANUARY 15 2012 At the end of probably the worst case of injustice I have studied at length in Thailand Briton Kevin S. Quill has now learned from the British Embassy in Bangkok that his six year […]
The Grey Man Will Blow Critics Out Of The Water
FULL VIDEO REPORT From ANDREW DRUMMOND, BANGKOK JANAURY 12 2012 John Curtis President of the Australian charity ‘The Grey Man’ which has been accused of hyping the rescue of 21 Akha hill tribe children in Wawee District of Chiang Rai said he hoped to blow his critics out of the water.But in the meantime ‘The Grey […]
The Grey Man and the Akhas – The Missing Children
From ANDREW DRUMMOND, January 7 2012 GREY MAN AND THE AKHAS The village of Baan Khun Suay in Northern Thailand is populated by people of the Akha Hill tribe. They earn a living from farming rice, tea, and coffee, and are poor but self-subsistent. But as we reported three months ago they hit the headlines when […]
