Khuk Khi Kai

Former prison in Chanthaburi, Thailand

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The Khuk Khi Kai prison, now a tourist attraction

Khuk Khi Kai (Thai: คุกขี้ไก่, pronounced [kʰúk kʰîː kàj]), also called the Chicken Dung Cell or Chicken Poop Prison, is a former prison in Laem Sing, Chanthaburi, Thailand. It was built by the French in 1893, when the French occupied the area as part of the Franco-Siamese conflict, to imprison Thai resistance fighters.[1] The square-shaped tower is made from red bricks and is 4.4 metres wide and 7 metres tall, with two rows of slits along the sides.[2] The tower was abandoned after the French withdrew in 1904.[3][4]

The resistance prisoners were kept on the ground floor of the tower. Above them was a chicken coop. The floor between them was perforated meaning chicken faeces were able to fall down on the prisoners below, as a form of torture.[5][6]

## References

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1. ^ "คุกขี้ไก่". Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre (Public Organisation). Retrieved 2023-11-27.
2. ^ "Khuk Khi Kai". www.tourismthailand.org. Retrieved 2021-06-23.
3. ^ "Chicken Dung Cell". Thailand Tourism Directory. Retrieved 2021-06-23.
4. ^ "全球最噁監獄 犯人每天頭淋雞糞「臭到生不如死」". www.ctwant.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 2021-06-23.
5. ^ "The chicken poop prison of Thailand: a story of unimaginable brutality". Times of India Travel. Retrieved 2021-06-23.
6. ^ Strate, Shane (2015-01-31). The Lost Territories: Thailand's History of National Humiliation. University of Hawaii Press. p. 15\. ISBN 978-0-8248-5437-9.

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