Archive | September, 2010

Posted on 24 September 2010

A Dangerous Woman

I’ve just heard that Chiranuch Premchaiporn, editor of the news site Prachatai, has been arrested at Bangkok’s main international airport, apparently on charges of insulting the Thai monarchy. In March, Chiranuch (left) spent nearly four hours in a cage beneath a Bangkok courtroom while her bail was approved on previous charges under Thailand’s Cyber Crimes [...]

Posted on 15 September 2010

Meet My Photographer

When I first started out as a feature writer, I often took my own photographs. It earned me extra money, but I hated heaving around all the gear and found it tough to concentrate on reporting the story. I got good enough to realize how bad I was, and how long and hard even a [...]

Bangkok Bodysnatchers Posted on 1 September 2010

Bangkok Bodysnatchers

Esquire (UK)
September 2010

They’ve been accused of robbing the dead, ransoming corpses back to loved ones, and practising witchcraft and cannibalism. But what would Bangkok do without its volunteer ambulance crews?