Escape from Khlong Prem
- From: Sandy Cruden <sandycruden@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2007 06:12:38 -0700
'ESCAPE'
The true story of the only Westerner ever to break out of Thailand's
Bangkok Hilton by David McMillan
Klong Prem prison, Thailand. The “Bangkok Hilton”, where 600
foreigners among the 12,000 inmates of this walled prison city also
wait and rot. Among the tragic, ruthless and forgotten, one man
resolves to do what no other has done: Escape. This is the true story
of drug smuggler David McMillan's perilous break-out from Asia's most
notorious prison.
Prem, he provides an insight into the lives the British, Australian,From his arrest at Don Muang airport, to awaiting trial inside Klong
American and other Western prisoners as they are destroyed by disease,
neglect and despair. Death is their only way out.
Two weeks before a near-certain death sentence McMillan escaped, never
to be seen in Thailand again.
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David McMillan was once described as being one of Australia's most
notorious drug traffickers. He began his drug smuggling career
following a trip to India in his twenties; it was a vocation that
would see him mastermind a heroin-smuggling syndicate worth millions
of dollars and plan numerous escape attempts from prisons around the
world. He was ruined in the 1980s by a major arrest, the death of his
wife and a long prison sentence. While on remand, he was charged with
attempting to escape by helicopter using SAS personnel. Following his
arrest in Thailand and subsequent infamous escape from Klong Prem
maximum security prison, David continued to undertake risky adventures
until retiring to London in the late 1990s, where he now lives.
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A lively discussion is going on in ThaiVisa about this guy.
Well known Bkk Blogger Richard Barrow has interviewed David Mcmillan
recently. IMO some interesting questions are raised. He was arrested
at Bangkok airport even although he had no drugs in his possession. He
escaped only a short time before a verdict was to be brought down,
why? if there was no physical evidence to convict him?
Why was there so little coverage of all this in the Thai media and the
Australian press. I don't recall reading anything about it.
12 hours after breaking out of Khlong Prem he is sitting pretty in
Singapore, a doubtful proposition. Richard does provide answers to
these questions on his blog, but admits that McMillan would not answer
many of his questions.
Perhaps David McMillan saw the excellent mini series made a few years
back "Bangkok Hilton" with Nicole Kidman.
A movie deal soon?
ทุกอย่างในเมืองไทยไม่ได้มีแค่ที่เห็น
Nothing in Thailand is quite what you see.
Sandy
Huay Khwaang
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