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issue 3 13 23 January 2015
Weather English Corner Jokes Life’s A Gamble
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crusading journalist quits thailand
hua hin, THAILAND The decision announced this week by the investigative journalist Andrew Drummond to leave Thailand after 25 years of mainly reporting on and exposing the activities of foreign criminals in Thailand has been greeted by most with an understanding of his reasons but also despairing that he has needed to do so. In a statement issued on his website, andrew-drummond.com, he said: “I have enjoyed my time in Thailand where I have made many good Thai and foreign friends but there comes a time having too much knowledge which I cannot keep to myself can be too dangerous. My well being has been threatened as have those of my children. This is not of course the first time, but the recent threat came from a group of people who have killed with impunity before, and have even had police set up people on false charges.” The statement goes on to detail his concerns with how the Thai legal system has been used by criminals to attempt to silence him and others, highlighting the fact that even in the most spurious of cases that these criminals do not get ordered to pay costs when defeated, and added, “Thailand’s inability to take criticism, and its greatly flawed justice system, are major handicaps to its progress.” Drummond intends to continue his pursuit of the truth from outside Thailand, and his final sentence should perhaps ring warning bells for some: “I have worked as a journalist for over twenty years in Britain, the United States and Australia without being sued once. In many ways foreign criminals will be seen to have won this battle. They have not won the war.” Hua Hin has featured many times in stories investigated by Mr Drummond, mostly concerning foreign real estate developers, although his focus mainly fell on Pattaya; ultimately though he must put his family’s safety first, and AWOL wishes him well.
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