1998
Campaign Forces Closure Of Tourist Attraction
The Times February 5th 1998 Thai 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 […]
Thailand Backs Closure Of 'Human Zoo' For Long-Necked Slaves
The Times January 27 1998 An official inquiry into a labour camp where tribespeople are forced to perform for tourists has called for those responsible to be prosecuted. Andrew Drummond reports from Bangkok on a scandal exposed by The Times A THAI government inquiry has confirmed a report in The Times on a slave labour camp, […]
Rescuers Abandon Attempts To Free 'Human Zoo' Women
The Times January 4 1998Members of a Burmese tribe who were rescued from captivity by welfare workers have been sent back to their kidnappers by Thai police, Andrew Drummond reports from Mai AiAN attempt to free the captive women and children of a Burmese long-necked hill tribe, who have been kept under guard as a […]
