General News
Son of Australian Underworld Boss Surrenders In Sathorn
From ANDREW DRUMMONDBangkok, June 17 2011Adam Freeman – the son of Sydney underworld figure George Freeman – surrendered to Australian Federal Police officers in Bangkok today by arrangement.Freeman, who fled to Thailand, after being linked to a lab which produced 19.5 kg of ecstasy seized by police in Australia last December, handed himself in by prior […]
Horror Film Producer and Biker Drowned Insist Police So Murder Investigation Is Off
From ANDREW DRUMMOND, Bangkok June 13 2011The sister of a Briton, who was declared drowned in a shallow lake on Koh Samui, has expressed disappointment that a second post mortem has concluded her brother drowned and police will NOT now be continuing with a murder investigation.Eve Deary, 53, from Waverley, Surrey, said that she still […]
Bangkok Adultery Fugitives To Feature on LOCKED UP ABROAD
A couple who fled to safety in Bangkok after being banged up in the Philippines on adultery charges are to feature in ‘Locked Up Abroad’ on National Geographic Television this week.David Scott, from Swindon, Wilts, and Cynthia Reyes, from Manila, made their break for freedom after colleague Andy Chant and myself took up their case in […]
Murder Hunt launched After Thai Police Ruled That Beaten Brit Drowned
From ANDREW DRUMMONDBangkok, May 30 2011 Thai police today launched a murder enquiry into the death of a Briton on a Thai holiday island after those who conducted a local post mortem covered up his the cause of his death and ruled that he had died by drowning.Police on the island of Koh Samui ruled that […]
STAND OFF Thai Police Clash Over Cash On Troubled Holiday Island
-IF THERE ARE ANY LAWYERS AND POLICE INVOLVED THEY SHOULD BE ARRESTED- -FROM ANDREW DRUMMOND Royal Thai Police HQ, Bangkok MAY 18 2011- Police in the Thai capital Bangkok today promised ‘transparency’ in an investigation into a massive fraud committed on an Irish businessman on the holiday island of Phuket – a holiday destination which is increasingly […]
Chiang Mai Deaths – Britain Will Conduct Its Own Investigation
From ANDREW DRUMMOND, BANGKOKMay 13 2010NEWS & COMMENT A coroner in England will investigate the deaths of British couple who died in a Chiang Mai hotel where a series of tourists have been taken ill and died in what Thai authorities claim is ‘coincidental’ or alternatively a run of ‘bad luck’.After press conference given by […]
Fletcher Of the Dump Convicted British Child Abuser Who Fled CambodiaJailed In His Abscence
From ANDREW DRUMMOND, Bangkok May 12 2011 A convicted British child sexual abuser who ran a children’s charity on a rubbish dump in Cambodia has been sentenced in his absence to ten years in jail for rape. David Fletcher, 57, from Norwich, was absent from the hearing in Phnom Penh because he fled Cambodia to […]
World Cup Bribery Thai FIFA Boss Demanded Television Rights for England Game
Its just another blow to the FIFA the world governing body of football. The Forrmer British FA Chairman Lord Triesman has accused four members of FIFA of demanding bribes to support England’s bid to host the 2018 world cup.One of them is Worawi Makudi Thailand’s FIFA representative who said Lord Triesman wanted TV rights for […]
Britains FSA Moves On Bangkok Boiler Rooms. Somebody Is Going To Do Real Jail Time
From ANDREW DRUMMOND,BANGKOKMAY 6 2011 Britain’s secretive Financial Services Authority have begun operations in Bangkok in a bid to rack up their operations against international boiler rooms a few notches.A team has been in the capital for the last week engaged in discussions with officers at the Crime Suppression Division and counterparts in other Embassies […]
Scot who confessed to a killing to Andrew Drummond is extradited to Australia
From ANDREW DRUMMONDBangkokMay 6 2011 Edinburgh born Anthony Prestidge, best known as ‘Scots Tony’, wanted in Britain for armed robbery and in Australia for murder has been extradited to Australia for trial.Prestidge, more than six years ago confessed to me that he killed his brother in law Andy Arthur Ball in Perth, and at the time said […]
