mcdaniel

Matthew arrived in Portland, Oregon, on April 24, 2004, and is now in Salem. Thank you for all your kind thoughts. If anyone would like to communicate with Matthew, you can look at his website, Akha.org for contact information.

Andra McDaniel

Anyone know of any visitors to Soi Suan Plu? I have been asked by a couple of members about getting some money to Matthew if possible.

Easiest way is usually the Prison Visitors since the embassies aren't much chop, based on posts over the weekend. Perhaps Chris Hill might know.

Maybe too late. If he have good connections, and can arrange a one way flight ticket to US, he can fly out as early as Monday or Tuesday. Why sit there and wait?

I am a sister of Matthew McDaniel who is being held at the Immigration Detention Centre in Bangkok. On Friday, April 16, I put the requested amount of money in an account which detention center staff can access so an airline ticket can be purchased for Matthew to come back to the US. US Embassy staff said this is common and the detention center takes a "ding" out of the money. US Embassy staff said that the embassy makes the airline reservation. The last time I checked, earlier today, none of the money had been withdrawn.

I will communicate with the embassy again. I don't know what is holding things up. I wonder if there are people who want Matthew to serve an IDC "jail term" before he is allowed to leave.

Are there suggestions from anyone who has dealt with this kind of situation in Thailand?