No Negotiation No Ransom by Malcolm Scott

Cambodia is slowly recovering from a recent civil war and the genocide of over half its population. But the country is still controlled by the Vietnamese and Khmer Rouge resistance fighters still operate within its border regions. Despite the recent dark history and the current unstable environment, young backpackers flock to the country lured by adventure, inexpensive travel and the abundance of cheap marijuana.
Australian backpacker David Wilson (29) is a Melbourne based social worker who coaches an underprivileged boys’ soccer team in his spare time. English factory worker Mark Slater (28) is on his first overseas holiday and French world traveller Jean Michel Braquet (27) has just returned from trekking the Himalayas.
The three young backpackers are travelling to the Cambodian beach town Sihanoukville. To get to the holiday resort their train must cross the Khmer Rouge controlled Kampong Province. They have been warned that it is a dangerous route to travel, but they have not heeded the warnings.
The backpackers train is attacked by a Khmer Rouge raiding party. They are taken hostage and then marched for six days to a mountain hideout and Khmer Rouge stronghold, Phnom Vour (Vine Mountain). The young men survive the march only to be beaten, starved and forced to work for over two months while ransom negotiations take place.

Book Details

THIS BOOK WAS WITHDRAWN AND HAS BEEN RE-RELEASED AS 'CRISIS IN CAMBODIA: The Backpacker Kidnap and the Fall of The Khmer Rouge by Malcolm Scott'.