Some one has abducted the Karen Long Neck people from North Thailand. In the same week I saw that the long necks are coming to Pattaya, coincident?
I do not know really how you kidnap 11 Thai people and the Thai police start a manhunt with no borders. Well the problem is that the Thai government never wanted to give the Long Neck Thai passports they only want to use them for tourist money.
Now that the Long Necks are gone the people that used to make profit from the Long Necks are crying for the government to bring the Long Necks back to them so they can make more money from them.
Let’s see if they went to Burma or Laos or are we will see them as a tourist attraction in Pattaya and if you want them to stay in Thailand I suggest you give them a Thai passport that they really deserve.
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The Thai government IS to blame for not giving any hill tribes proper Thai ID and Passports. Thailand are just using them as a tourist attraction and since they are not Thai they are free to go as they please. My guess are that they are in Pattaya or something since they will open a hill tribe village there soon.
Ken
I was in this villiage the week that this abduction happened. We were in Thailand as part of a 3-year project to help the hilltribe children’s educational situation in northern Thailand.
I have not seen, heard nor read anything that would suggest that Thai government is to blame for this.
The people in this villiage do not agree with your thoughts. Since they obviously do not have internet connections, I felt like I must speak for them.
With that said. I am very thankful that you care so much. It is so sad that 11 people can dissapear without a trace. The villiage is left with many questions and no resources to track down their loved ones. This villiage is very tiny and losing 11 women of child-bearing age is obviously very scary for the future of the tribe!
I wish you well!
Ken