Dan Walker, center, with his children Anna, left, and David, right, pictured at their home in Stockholm, Sweden. Inset: 12-year-old Kristian Walker.
Posted on 01/03/2005 8:31:02 PM PST by aculeus
A Swedish boy injured in the tsunami may have been abducted from a hospital in Thailand.
Swedish and Thai police were co-operating to find 12-year-old Kristian Walker, Sweden's Expressen newspaper reported.
"Kristian was here in the hospital. He was taken away by a man," a hospital doctor, Kampongsree Somprutthana, reportedly told the paper.
Kristian's father, Dan Walker, and his grandfather, Daniel Walker, found several witnesses who recognised the boy, who vanished from the hospital, 30 kilometres from Khao Lak, one of Thailand's worst-hit resorts.
The man he may have left with was described as "European-looking, with a moustache and a red shirt".
Two Swedish police officers were on their way to Thailand to help find Kristian, Expressen reported, quoting police sources.
The report came a day after the Swedish branch of Save the Children warned that children who ended up alone after the disaster could become targets for sexual abuse by pedophiles.
"The experience from other catastrophes is that children are particularly vulnerable," said the managing director of Raedda Barnen, Charlotte Petri Gornitzka.
There were already indications that surviving children had been sexually abused in Sri Lanka, Ms Petri Gornitzka said.
Officials in Indonesia said they had launched an investigation into the unconfirmed reports of trafficking in orphaned children from the disaster.
"We cannot say that it has happened, because at the moment it is a chaotic situation," said Makmur Sunusi, a social ministry official. "However, the ministry will investigate, as we cannot tolerate such a thing."
Dan Walker, center, with his children Anna, left, and David, right, pictured at their home in Stockholm, Sweden. Inset: 12-year-old Kristian Walker.
here's a sad one for your ping list
Oh, no.
How horrifying for the family.
But it's Thailand, after all. The child-sex capital of the world. Makes me wonder what a lot of those European men were doing there.
It's a beautiful land, but I sure as hell wouldn't take my kids there.
Ping to the Swedish Ping List.
The missing NAMBLA members at work?
This is horrific in its possibilities..May the family find the child..
Amen!
Prayers! :(
My gosh to survive the waves from hell, hurled like a projectile through 500-mph waters and somehow to survive, only to be kidnapped by perverts. Unbelievable. Poor kid, pray for him.
Just when you think the worst was the tsunami; it gets even worse. Surely hope this child is found. . .
Yes, it's a horrible, lawless part of the world. If some pervert kidnapped my own blond blue eyed son in such a lawless place, the solution would be obvious: Sell the California house and use the money to put a blood price on the head of the pervert. Not to mention, doing a some hunting on my own.
Search for abducted survivor
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1313384/posts?page=1
I hope a bunch of pedophiles get killed because of this -- by Swedish cops, by vigilate parents, whoever. Save some kids and send the world a message.
It's a beautiful land, but I sure as hell wouldn't take my kids there.
And you are basing this statement on??????????
If some pervert kidnapped my own blond blue eyed son in such a lawless place, the solution would be obvious:
Sorry, but this thread seems to be painting Thailand as a lawless country for perverts. Think you will find that, per capita, the USA likely has far more perverts than Thailand.
Because it is the child prostitution capital of the world.
It is no more the child prostitution capital of the world than any major city in the US. Have you been there? Have you experienced life in Thailand? I think probably not, but I can tell you that it just isn't the case.
The media seems to be working their magic very well these days.
Suckers??
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