David Arnott, Burma campaigner - Obit

[plachon]

Although Mae Sot is not Chiang Mai, I reckon this is the best regional section to post this, as more people in Chiang Mai have connections to Burma & its people than most TV regions, I reckon. I didn't know David Arnott, but the causes he founded and supported are ones that I can connect with. He sounds like a thoroughly good and noble campaigner on human rights and Buddhist causes throughout his life, and helped bring transparency and light to otherwise dark corners and forgotten peoples. RIP David.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/28/david-arnott-obituary

 

If anyone here did know him, perhaps they could offer a few personal recollections of the man. His life must have intersected with many in Thailand.

[Puwa]

I knew David in the 90s, through our common Burma work. RIP