libel

 BUT WILL PHONY LAWYER AND PATTAYA PUBLISHER EVER GO TO JAIL? (Pic: Noyes) Appeal court judges today dismissed an appeal by American Drew Noyes, former publisher of the Pattaya Times newspaper, against the acquittal of British journalist Andrew Drummond for libel. They agreed with the lower court AND threw out Noyes’ claim that he had […]

Two fine journalists spent an unnecessary five hours behind bars today after being charged with defaming the Royal Thai Navy. Alan Morison, 66, Australian and Chutima Sidasathian,33, Thai of Phuketwan were held in custody in the cell below the court in Phuket, while court officials sorted out bail. They chose to be treated like any […]

FACE OFF WITH OPHTHALMIC OPTICIAN (PIC – Norbert back left Jurgen back right – Suthep Thaugsuban front right Controversial German property developer Norbert Verweyen has been ordered to surrender to Bangkok Criminal Court to pay bail on May 18th as expats,  who bought property from him in Koh Samui begin to retaliate for years of […]

PATTAYA TIMES WAS ‘A TISSUE OF LIES’, Drew Walter Noyes, the former publisher of the Pattaya Times newspaper, and his wife Wanrapa Bonsu, listed as the Editor, were ordered to surrender to bail at Bangkok Criminal Court yesterday on charges of criminal libel and libel against the Computer Crime Act. British journalist Andrew Drummond is […]

 PLUS – WHY BRIAN GOUDIE TOOK UP LAW Lawyers for British journalist Andrew Drummond are meeting to discuss bringing contempt of court charges against two fake lawyers who touted their services in Pattaya. They relate to false claims by both Drew Walter Noyes, boss of One Stop Service Center and Brian Goudie boss of a […]

Next Monday Australian Alan Morison and Sidasathien will head to the prosecutor’s office in Phuket to see if the Royal Thai Navy libel and computer crime act case will go against them. If it does and they are required to pay bail they say they will refuse. It’s the biggest sledgehammer and nut case since […]

Two cases start in the Criminal Court in Bangkok tomorrow (Monday) in which three expats are accused of plotting a massive internet campaign against an investigative journalist to cover up their own activities in Thailand. Facing libel and Computer Crime charges are Brian Gerald James Goudie (Goldie), 48, from Falkirk, Scotland, Drew Walter Noyes, from […]

BUT AMBASSADOR EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT HE WAS ‘VERBALLED’ DURING AN INTERVIEW Documents obtained by human rights activist Andy Hall under the UK Freedom of Information Act show that British Embassy officials could not warn him that when entering Thailand he could be arrested. Although the Embassy were in possession of the facts and had information […]

(Pic – Cooper jet setting in the oil industry) A Yorkshire born executive in the oil industry today won a libel case brought against him by Drew Walter Noyes – the American former joint proprietor of the now defunct Pattaya Times newspaper.  Koh Samui Criminal court dismissed the action taken by Noyes who had brought […]

 MIXED MESSAGES AT PATTAYA COURT British journalist Andrew Drummond was today further acquitted of libel under the Computer Crime Act but a charge ruled him guilty of criminal libel for allowing two letters sent in by readers to be posted on the site www.andrew-drummond.com. He is appealing the latter judgment. Drummond was fined 40,000 baht […]