Reward for couple accused of child slavery

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Police hunt Karen girl torturers

Published: 18 Feb 2013 at 17.22
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Police have obtained arrest warrants and placed a 100,000 baht bounty on a couple accused of kidnapping and enslaving a young Karen girl after they did not show up for questioning on Monday morning.

Nathee Dangoon, 35, and his wife Rattanakorn Piyaworathamwas, 33, of Kamphaeng Phet province, were taken into custody and then released on bail last Thursday and were scheduled for further interrogation by police.

They are accused of abducting the girl known as Air, whose real name is not being revealed, when she was seven years-old from a farm in Kamphaeng Phet’s Sai Ngarm district on May 20, 2008, and taking her to their house in Muang district.

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meme
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Discussion 8 : 18 Feb 2013 at 21.338
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No surprise here, the couple had some friends within the Puea Thaksin regime and their brownshirts. Now they are hosted by fugitive's eternal friend in Cambodia.
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Discussion 7 : 18 Feb 2013 at 21.197
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Humans can be the kindest or cruellest creatures of all...
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Discussion 6 : 18 Feb 2013 at 20.426
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what the heck is wrong with people
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Discussion 5 : 18 Feb 2013 at 20.135
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As well as photographing her for the purposes of gaining evidence, why does the poor girl have to be videoed in public and why has the video been allowed into the public domain?

It is not just the two Thais who tortured this girl who are sick, the whole voyeuristic Thai society is sick.
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Discussion 4 : 18 Feb 2013 at 19.424
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the video is incredibly upsetting. It breaks my heart to see any child in that condition. I hope she gets the protection she deserves now and can start to rebuild her life. The perpetrators must be candidates for life imprisonment surely.
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Discussion 3 : 18 Feb 2013 at 19.373
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Very hard not to be angry at the careless decision by cops to let these 2 go free. Their crime is a heinous one and should be punished by a very lengthly jail term. Difficult to comprehend why bail refusal is mandatory for drug offences yet torturers and killers are able to go free.
Who is the bigger criminal and who is the bigger threat. Disgusting decision making, i hope they right this wrong and catch these 2 quick
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Discussion 2 : 18 Feb 2013 at 19.132
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Now who would have not predicted they would flee. My bet they are in Cambodia now. How could the Judge have allowed bail in such a heinous crime?
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Discussion 1 : 18 Feb 2013 at 18.361
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The police are just plain stupid. Why were these scum released? If the idiots manage to catch them again, I suggest that this couple be subjected to the same cruel torture they inflicted on this poor girl.
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