Manik Sethisuwan ([born May 1 1980) is a Thai medical doctor, a private business owner and a freelance photographer and independant filmmaker based in Bangkok. He is noted for his photographic and report contributions to the CNN during the 2006 Thailand coup d'état which took place on 19 September, 2006, as well as his photo-documentary created upon Muhammad Yunus the receipient of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize for the Bangladesh Embassy in Bangkok.
Bangladesh 'Mosaic in Green - Bangladesh' television documentary project
editManik Sethisuwan is currently commissioned by the Bangladesh Embassy in Bangkok and The Ministry of Information, the External Publicity Wing to create a regional publicity television documentary 'Mosaic in Green - Bangladesh' based upon the country of Bangladesh which is to be dubbed in five different languages.
This project will involve addition of some older publication materials as well as new footage during the summer of 2007. It will showcase the major attractions and information on the industrial and social sectors of Bangladesh, as well as a remake of the 2006 television documentary made by Thai TV channel 3 which will feature new footage and voice commentary for five different languages.
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Manik Sethisuwan with Dr. Muhammad Yunus and Ambassador Shahed Akhtar at the Bangladesh House, Bangkok. 2006