Thai police trace Malaysian Airlines passengers using stolen passports
Thailand’s Immigration Police are tracing down an individual who
purchased tickets for the missing Malaysian Airlines flight using stolen
passports.
Thailand’s Immigration Police are tracing down an individual who
purchased tickets for the missing Malaysian Airlines flight using stolen
passports.
Reports indicated the tickets were only purchased on March 6 at a company in Chonburi province. Police are seeking out the buyer of the tickets for questioning, with the hope of identifying the two passengers who traveled on the flight using the stolen passports.
One of the passports belonged to an Italian man who lost his passport in Phuket in July 2013. The other was owned by an Austrian man who reported his passport was stolen in March 2012, also in Phuket.
According to Police Lieutenant General Pharnu Kerdlarpphon, Immigration Police commissioner, there are no links between the Italian and Austrian who lost their passports and terrorism.
He believes that the users of the two men's passports were likely seeking refuge in the Netherlands and Germany, the countries not targeted by terrorists. Amsterdam and Frankfurt were the intended destinations of the two individuals, whose real identities have yet to be found.-VNA
Reports indicated the tickets were only purchased on March 6 at a company in Chonburi province. Police are seeking out the buyer of the tickets for questioning, with the hope of identifying the two passengers who traveled on the flight using the stolen passports.
One of the passports belonged to an Italian man who lost his passport in Phuket in July 2013. The other was owned by an Austrian man who reported his passport was stolen in March 2012, also in Phuket.
According to Police Lieutenant General Pharnu Kerdlarpphon, Immigration Police commissioner, there are no links between the Italian and Austrian who lost their passports and terrorism.
He believes that the users of the two men's passports were likely seeking refuge in the Netherlands and Germany, the countries not targeted by terrorists. Amsterdam and Frankfurt were the intended destinations of the two individuals, whose real identities have yet to be found.-VNA
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