SEAArch - The Southeast Asian Archaeology Newsblog

This story from the Bangkok Post repeats most of the details already released before, but also includes some comments from Roxanna Brown’s colleagues. There’s a general feeling of shock, as well as dismay that there wasn’t an opportunity for the truth to emerge.

Prison death
Bangkok Post, 16 May 2008
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Sad news. Southeast Asian Ceramics museum director Roxanna Brown passed away in prison after an apparent heart attack. She was being indicted for wire fraud on an ongoing investigation into smuggled antiquities from Ban Chiang turning up in Californian museums.

Indicted museum director found dead at WA federal prison
The Seattle Times, 14 May 2008
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More news on Roxanna Brown’s arrest. Bangkok University, which is home to the Southeast Asian Ceramics Museum of which Brown is the director, denies any involvement in the antiques smuggling. At the same time, they have also said that they were never given any cause to suspect anything shady.

University art historian faces fraud charges
Bangkok Post, 14 May 2008
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This news is going to raise some eyebrows. Roxanna Brown, the director of the Southeast Asian Ceramics Museum in Thailand and a noted authority on Southeast Asian ceramics has been indicted in the recent case of looted artefacts from Southeast Asia.

Director of Thailand museum indicted in US probe into smuggled antiquities
The Star, 13 May 2008

Asian antiquities expert arrested
OC Register, 12 May 2008
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The foreign ministries of Thailand and Cambodia make a joint statement on the status of the border Preah Vihear temple and the application for UNESCO world heritage.

Temple Harmony
Bangkok Post, 06 May 2008
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