Ukrainian says he was held captive for 14 years in Thailand
BANGKOK, January 23 (RIA Novosti) – A Ukrainian engineer who says he was held captive and forced to work at a Bangkok factory for 14 years will meet with officers of the Thai Department of Special Investigation on Monday to detail his allegations, The Bangkok Post reported on Sunday.
Anatoliy Vdovychenko, 57, was rescued from the Thai-owned oxygen equipment factory at the Rangsit industrial complex on January 11 after the Ukrainian consular staff confronted the owner and threatened to call police, the paper reported.
Ukraine’s consulate in Bangkok learnt about the captive Ukrainian engineer after a Burmese worker who had left the factory sent a letter to the engineer’s family in Ukraine last November telling them of the engineer’s fate. The letter also included telephone contact numbers, the paper reported.
