London-born journalist/ film-maker and NUJ member.He as reported on many of the major conflicts in SE Asia since 1979 variously based in Bangkok, Dili (East Timor), Manila, Phnom Penh and Chiang Mai..
Among the most important stories he covered for international media :The terrible legacy of the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia: arrived in Phnom Penh Cambodia for the first time Dec25thy 1980. Jan 7th 1981 marked the second anniversary of the overthrow of the Pol Pot regime in 1979
other major stories included :
*The Cambodia refugee crisis along the Thai –Cambodian border
*The abortive South African coup in the Seychelles Islands, a rare setback for the Apartheid regime in 1981.
*The NPA guerrilla war in the Philippines and the Peoples Power revolution that ousted the Marcos dictatorship in February 1986
*the Paris Peace talks 1989 and the subsequent UN peace-keeping operation in Cambodia 1991-3.
The massacre in Bangkok when the Thai army opened fire on unarmed pro-democracy rally ordered by Thai General Suchinda Krapayoon 1992
*The East Timor struggle to achieve independence from Indonesian annexation, Interfet and UN peace-keeping operations.1999-2001.
Anti- Bauxite mining protests in Vietnam 2009
The massacre of Muslims in Mektila-Myanmar 2013
Since the mid-1980 he diversified into video productions and documetnaries.
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Worked as a correspondent for the Irish Times, and stringer for the BBC, Guardian,the Economist, the London Sunday Times, and the South China Morning Post.
Also frequently contributed to the Age, Sydney Morning Herald and the ABC, and the Christian Science Monitor and the websites of BBC and Al Jazeera TV.
He is co-author of Getting away with Genocide? the history of the Khmer Rouge Tribunal in Cambodia (2004 Pluto books UK) and directed the UK Channel 4 film on Cambodia 1989- Dreams and Nightmares [see video section]
World Health
Reported on the foundation of the PHM-The Peoples Health Movement in year 2000 and directed the documentary “Swimming against the Tide” about the Cuban health system released in 2007.Also published articles on WHO and current trends in world health.
Media Consultancy Services
Print : research and stories on:
1) crime, drug issues and the Golden Triangle environment
2) environment, hydropower dams in Myanmar and the Mekong
region
3) Media Consultancy Services
Print : research and stories on:
1) crime, drug issues and the Golden Triangle environment
2) environment, hydropower dams in Myanmar and the Mekong
region
3) 3 Khmer Rouge Legacy in Cambodia
4) Coverage of political economy and social justice
issues in Myanmar ,Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and the region.
5) World health issues and the Cuban health system