November 2007

The Times February 5th 1998Thai police free tribal captives in ‘human zoo’.Inquiry begins after Times campaign forces closure of ‘tourist attraction’, Andrew Drummond reportsARMED police and local militia raided a remote village in northern Thailand yesterday and released 33 people from a Burmese Padaung hill tribe of long-necked women, who had been kept in captivity […]

Welcome to the world of Thai journalism By Andrew Drummond 21.11.01 They met, over a meal of catfish and whisky, on a smart riverboat restaurant. Within a few minutes, the deck was soaked in blood and three of them were dead. The bloodbath – the result of a difference of opinion between reporters from rival newspapers […]

From Andrew Drummond, Bangkok, November 7thLong-necked women kidnapped for Thailand’s lucrative ‘human zoos              Long-necked women kidnapped for Thailand’s lucrative ‘human zoosFrom Andrew Drummond, Bangkok, November 7thPolice in Thailand are investigating new allegations that unscrupulous tour operators have kidnapped Burmese long-necked women for use in lucrative tourist camps known as ‘human zoos’.Six members of the Padaung Burmese […]

From Andrew Drummond, Bangkok, November 7thLong-necked women kidnapped for Thailand’s lucrative ‘human zoos Long-necked women kidnapped for Thailand’s lucrative ‘human zoosFrom Andrew Drummond, Bangkok, November 7thPolice in Thailand are investigating new allegations that unscrupulous tour operators have kidnapped Burmese long-necked women for use in lucrative tourist camps known as ‘human zoos’.Six members of the Padaung […]

From Andrew Drummond, Bangkok, November 2 2007Briton who ran a world-wide drugs syndicate from his mansion home in Thailand was arrested last night as he was packing drugs for a ‘high society’ Halloween party.Marcus James, 48, from Lewisham, South London, was seized along with his common-law Thai wife Linrat Chalwatworachot, 36, at his £1 million […]