The New Drug War & The Real Bangkok Hilton
With Thaksin’s boys back at the helm and Interior Minister Chalerm Yoobamrung promising to revive Thaksin’s tough drug war, it is time to remember what happened back then.
Thaksin had not only promised to end poverty. He promised to wipe out the drug problem within 60 days.
60 days and more had passed. A great many people got killed. The drug problem remained.
And got worse again.
The BBC was able back then to produce an unique documentary in this context. At the height of Thaksin’s drug war they got access to Bangkok’s high-security Central Prison Bang Kwang, where the drug war’s guilty ones and victims alike ended.
Not much to add.
Here are Part 1 and Part 2 of “The Real Bangkok Hilton”:
With Thaksin’s boys back at the helm and Interior Minister Chalerm Yoobamrung promising to revive Thaksin’s tough drug war, it is time to remember what happened back then.
Thaksin had not only promised to end poverty. He promised to wipe out the drug problem within 60 days.
60 days and more had passed. A great many people got killed. The drug problem remained.
And got worse again.
The BBC was able back then to produce an unique documentary in this context. At the height of Thaksin’s drug war they got access to Bangkok’s high-security Central Prison Bang Kwang, where the drug war’s guilty ones and victims alike ended.
Not much to add.
Here are Part 1 and Part 2 of “The Real Bangkok Hilton”:
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Any chance you could put those video’s back up? would really like to see them …
I read Warren Fellows book “The Damage Done” … really great book, I’m very interested in Bang Kwang since reading …
Cheers
Eoin
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