Burmese
MIGRANT WORKERS WERE ABUSED IN THAILAND – COURT RULES
EMPLOYEES COMPENSATED AND AWARDED 1.7 MILLION THAI BAHT US$5,2000 BUT THEY CONTINUE WITH CLAIM FOR US$1.2 MILLION In a landmark case Burmese migrant workers labouring on a poultry farm in Lopburi, central Thailand, have been awarded compensation for their abuse at the hands of their employers who were supplying chicken meat for export through the […]
RIDICULOUS ‘THAI SPITE’ CASE AGAINST BRIT TO BE DECIDED TOMORROW
COMMENT Cases of criminal libel and libel under the Computer Crime Act brought against a British researcher who helped expose mistreatment of Burmese migrant workers will be decided at the Criminal Court in Bangkok tomorrow. Andy Hall faces up to seven years in prison as a result of the action by the Natural Fruit Company […]
FLEEING THE COOP IN THAILAND
BURMESE WHO CLAIMED ‘HORRIFIC’ SLAVE LABOUR CONDITIONS IN THAI CHICKEN FARM SUE FOOD GIANT. Fourteen migrant workers are suing Thailand’s food and feed producer Betagro for US$1.33 million for their mistreatment at a chicken farm in Lopburi Province. Migrant poultry workers from ther Lopburi chicken farm The workers claims, among things, that they were abused […]
THAILAND UNDER ATTACK AGAIN FOR MISTREATMENT OF MIGRANT HOTEL WORKERS
NICE TOILETS FOR THAI STAFF BUT S%$@&HOLES! FOR BURMESE! Fresh after damning reports of Thailand’s murderous treatment of foreign labour in the fishing industry, the human trafficking of Rohingya refugees, and ill treatment of Burmese in the pineapple industry a Swedish watch dog groups have now published a scathing attack on how Thai hoteliers treat […]
KAO TAO MURDERS – THE ‘THIRD MAN’ SPEAKS UP – ‘I DO NOT BELIEVE MY FRIENDS DID IT’.
KEY WITNESS DRIVES A HOLE THROUGH THAI POLICE CASE Thai police case against the alleged killers of two British backpackers in Thailand was dealt another devastating blow today after their key witness said he had no knowledge of the murder – even though he too was beaten by Thai police. Ko Maung Maung, seated in […]
Natural Fruit – Andy Hall Will Not Be Silenced
Publicity about workers conditions at Natural Fruit’s pineapple canning factory down in Prachuap Khiri Kan continues to plague the company which has yet to put up an English speaking spokesman preferring to leave matters with their lawyer. British human rights activists Andy Hall, who supports the rights of Burmese immigrant workers, will not be silenced. He […]
HORROR BEATING OF BURMESE PROSTITUTES SET TO GO VIRAL.
VIDEO SHOWS CYNICAL AND CALLOUS TREATMENT OF BURMESE WOMEN – BUT WHO EXACTLY WERE THE ASSAILANTS? A video apparently showing men beating up Burmese prostitutes in Thailand is set to go viral on the net. The video provoked outrage in Thailand where it was first aired on Thai TV having been picked up from Youtube. […]
