From the Archives: Pol Pot’s Sheet Metal Roof
The following text is an account of a journey to the grave of Pol Pot near Anlong Veng, Cambodia in 2002. It is part of my non fiction book Beyond the Pancake Trench – Road Tales from the Wild East,...
View ArticleHell in our Time – The Rohingya of Sittwe
This is not a particularly hands-on story, nor did it involve any courage on my part. Better reportages on the same subject have surfaced in the media in recent days. And I am by no means a Burma...
View ArticleBurma’s election fever grips Yangon and its foreign observers
I feel incredibly humbled to have witnessed the first semi fair and almost free election in Burma in decades. I was at the NLD’s headquarters tonight where an exuberant and chaotic party atmosphere...
View ArticleTHE CAMBODIAN BOOK OF THE DEAD – Reloaded!
I am very pleased that The Cambodian Book of the Dead, the first Detective Maier novel, originally published by the now defunct Exhibit A, is out in a new Kindle edition, with a brand new cover, with...
View ArticleBurma, a Country United by Hatred and Murder?
Burmese army soldier in the hills above Myauk-U, Rakhine State, looking for Muslim ‘terrorists’ 400000 Rohingya Muslims have fled Burma in the past couple of weeks. Overwhelming evidence suggests that...
View ArticleNorth Korea or Putting Up Mirrors In The City Of The Blind
So now that the media is gushing over the fact that there are human beings living in North Korea, does this mean that the reclusive terror state we can hardly point to on a map will soon be another...
View ArticleKitty Lisha reviews The Cambodian Book of the Dead
Thanks to Kitty Lisha for a fair review of The Cambodian Book of the Dead, the first Detective Maier Mystery, originally published in 2013. This book….this book. Where to begin. It has a lot of facts...
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