Saudi Woman 'trapped At Bangkok Airport Trying To Flee Family'

[naomi24]

//A young Saudi woman says she is stranded at Bangkok's main airport after fleeing her family and having her passport seized by a Saudi official.

Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun says she was on a trip to Kuwait with her family when she fled on a flight two days ago.

She was trying to head to Australia via a connecting flight in Bangkok.

She told the BBC that she had renounced Islam, and feared she would be forcibly returned to Saudi Arabia and killed by her family.

Thai police Maj Gen Surachate Hakparn told the BBC that Ms Mohammed al-Qunun was escaping a marriage. Because she did not have a visa to enter Thailand, he said police had denied her entry and were in the process of repatriating her through the same airline she had taken, Kuwait Airlines.

Gen Surachate said he was unaware of any passport seizure.//

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-46773625

She says her passport was seized by a Saudi diplomat on arrival in Bangkok, but the Bangkok authorities weren't aware she had no passport - only that she had no visa which is why she was denied entry. Very odd.

[kvalidir]

So you actually think a Saudi Official came up to her and said 'Excuse me Miss, I'm a Saudi Official, you know from that country you're fleeing for your life from, can you please let me have a quick look at your passport, promise I'll give it back?'
and she said ' Why certainly you look like a nice gentleman.' and handed it over.

Are you for flaming real?

[spathiphyllum]

"are you for real?"

I've said.. "What's the point in guessing? "

So you reply..

"So you actually think a Saudi Official came up to her and said 'Excuse me Miss, I'm a Saudi Official, you know from that country you're fleeing for your life from, can you please let me have a quick look at your passport, promise I'll give it back?'"


I said.. I'm not guessing anything, just going by whats in the paper. So....

[spathiphyllum]

when someone doesn't give the answer/thought you want, that doesn't give you the right to put one in their mouth, then question their reality for thinking said put in mouth answer/thought.

[naomi24]

//"A Saudi envoy in Bangkok denied any official Saudi involvement in Ms Mohammed al-Qunun's detention."//

Yes, the Saudis are up front about everything, spath – we know that.

[kvalidir]

No but you are the one who is suggesting that the Saudi official had no business with her passport when he probably clearly did which is how he ended up with it in the first place. People join the dots all the time, it doesn't make them wrong simply because it's not written down in the Daily Mail. I'm asking you your opinion, because you have catagorically stated that my opinion is factually incorrect and that the Saudi official should be arrested. How do you come to that conclusion?

[spathiphyllum]

"People join the dots all the time, it doesn't make them wrong"

and it doesn't make them right

"probably clearly"

Which one?

"you have catagorically stated that my opinion is factually incorrect "

This is not true, all i have stated is there are no facts to support your opinion.

And no, the one saudi official, who violated her passport, should be punished, and that's the saudi law.

[naomi24]

spath, //the one saudi official, who violated her passport, should be punished, and that's the saudi law. //

The Saudi law? Is it?

[spathiphyllum]

"Saudi citizens must not misuse or allow others to misuse their passport. They should also take proper care for the safekeeping of their passports. Violators will be punished according to established law."

[spathiphyllum]

https://www.moi.gov.sa/wps/portal/!ut/p/z0/fY7LDoIwFER_hQ3re1FCwrILH6iJiS7EbpobqViFFmirfr6lH-BuTuZkMsChBq7prVpyymjqAl95IbDK822WL_bHJVshK9aH8lRiVmUIZ6lhB_y_FFbUcxw5A34z2smvg7o3KmnUh3SKc3yYXiax1C7FmVKcZOu7-CQ6wpJvVDKQtYOZnGjknXznRHgwvDaXH9qN0gw!/

[kvalidir]

No it's not the 'Saudi Law'- read your own link.
You're really tunnel visioned about this Spath, it's positively weird, lots of officials from the person's own government have rights over their passport, that's true of ALL countries.

[naomi24]

spath, don't be ridiculous. She wasn't allowing anyone to misuse her passport.

[spathiphyllum]

Why would you ‘allow’ someone to do that?

[naomi24]

If an official asks for my passport in a foreign country I give it to him. I'd be stupid to refuse.

[kvalidir]

'Ditto' refusing often leads to being arrested and banged up in a foreign prison. x

[Baldric]

https://news.sky.com/story/rahaf-mohammed-alqunun-saudi-teen-granted-thailand-stay-after-fleeing-family-11601212

/// Ms Alqunun said on Twitter that her passport has been returned to her after being seized by immigration officials and that she felt "safe" under the protection of the UN workers ///

[bookbinder]

It's all over, finished.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-46777848

[naomi24]

Splendid!

[CrapAtCryptics]

She should have kept her mouth shut till she in her final destination.

[kvalidir]

Excellent.

//Ms Mohammed al-Qunun says that when she arrived in Bangkok on Saturday, her passport was seized by a Saudi diplomat who met her coming off the flight.

Thailand initially said she was being deported because she did not meet the requirements for a Thai visa.

However, Ms Mohammed al-Qunun insisted she had a visa for Australia, and that she never wanted to stay in Thailand.

Saudi Arabia said the Thai authorities had stopped the young woman for "violating the law".

//On Monday, police chief Mr Surachate said the Thais had been tipped off by Saudi officials, adding: "The Saudi Arabia embassy contacted the immigration police... and said that the girl had run away from her parents and they feared for her safety."//

A Saudi diplomat who would have had permission had her passport Spath as can be clearly seen had her passport Spath and I doubt he needs 'imprisoning under Saudi law'.

[sanmac]

The airport "incident" might be over; however, the fact that she renounced Islam in such a public way still puts her in danger I fear.