Journalist Thapanee Ietsrichai, 38, has found herself in hot water many times. She was accused of lese majeste towards the King of Cambodia and branded a traitor to Thailand for reporting on the Rohingya immigration crisis. But last month, Amnesty International Thailand vindicated her tireless work when it named her the winner of the 2015 Media Awards’ digital television category. BK caught up with her to talk about investigative journalism in Thailand, and the criticism she receives from home.
After all the criticism, how does it feel to have won this award?
I don’t care. I don’t care that I’ve gone from traitor to superwoman journalist. I just hope this award can make people in this city understand the humanitarian issues that surround them; there are so many people living in misery whose fate is unknown. (Courtesy of BK Magazine Online)
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