Tag: Consul

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 […]

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September 10, 2010

Thai workers in Malaysia funding insurgents

A Thai diplomat in a northern Malaysian state has said his countrymen working in Malaysia are funding insurgents in Thailand’s restive southern provinces, according to a report Friday. Thai consul general Surapon Petch-Vra, who is based in Kelantan state, told the New Straits Times newspaper Thai workers have been sending back money to groups involved […]

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