Jump to content
Login with your Gmail HERE and start posting in seconds! ×
NEW Buy & Sell Marketplace is now OPEN and its FREE t

Saudi boy forges documents to escape family to Thailand

webfact

By webfact
in Thailand News

 Share

Recommended Posts

webfact Grand Master Member

webfact

Posted
Posted

Saudi boy forges documents to escape family to Thailand

Habib Toumi, Bureau Chief

Gulf News

 

saudiarabia2_resources1-large.jpg

File photo

 

Manama: A 14-year-old Saudi boy who forged a document to fly to Thailand has been reunited with his family.

 

Ahmad Hassan Basheeri, an eighth grade student in a middle school in Samtah in southwestern Saudi Arabia, repeatedly told classmates that he wanted to travel abroad and go away. The school management alerted his father about the plans he shared with classmates.

 

Ahmad, who has a passport, logged into a pre-travel account for minors and posing as his father gave permission to himself to travel abroad alone. He used the authorisation to book a ticket from Jizan to Jeddah, then onward to Kuwait, Doha and Bangkok.

 

One day before the scheduled flights, Ahmad opened an account on Twitter and posted that he was a victim of domestic abuse and that he faced death threats.

 

Full story:  https://gulfnews.com/world/gulf/saudi/saudi-boy-forges-documents-to-escape-family-to-thailand-1.62302096

 

-- Gulf News 2019-02-26

 

  • Popular Post
RotBenz8888 Gold Member

RotBenz8888

Posted
  • Popular Post
Posted
34 minutes ago, webfact said:

He used the authorisation to book a ticket from Jizan to Jeddah, then onward to Kuwait, Doha and Bangkok.

Why didn't he fly straight to Canada?

  • Like 4
  • Thanks 2
  • Haha 5
Jingthing Legendary Member

Jingthing

Posted
Posted
Just now, Puchaiyank said:

He should have waited until he was old enough to pull this off...

You're assuming he would live to that age. Did you not read the death threats allegation? Now why would a Saudi family kill their son? (Hmmm.) 

  • Like 2
Jingthing Legendary Member

Jingthing

Posted
Posted
11 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

When I was 14, I didn't have a passport, nor did I have the money nor banking/payment ability to book an expensive multi-hop international airline flight...  Kinda wonder how this kid did???

 

Yeah, 14 is young.

I travelled abroad independently for summer at 15 though but my parents bankrolled it. 

Puchaiyank Gold Member

Puchaiyank

Posted
Posted
52 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

You're assuming he would live to that age. Did you not read the death threats allegation? Now why would a Saudi family kill their son? (Hmmm.) 

Ooooh yea!  I did not connect the dots...my bad...

mfd101 Platinum Member

mfd101

Posted
Posted
2 hours ago, RotBenz8888 said:

Why didn't he fly straight to Canada? 

He was after adventure. Heading for Thailand.

  • Popular Post
stanleycoin Apprentice Member

stanleycoin

Posted
  • Popular Post
Posted
2 hours ago, chainarong said:

Quiet obviously Saudi has a problem.

Yes, it was to much oil in the back yard.

Just imagine how good the world would be if Saudi had none.

and only had the sand to play in. :thumbsup:

 

 

  • Like 1
  • Haha 3
JAG Gold Member

JAG

Posted
Posted
1 hour ago, When you know said:

[looking at photo on first page] My, that's the biggest bottle opener I've ever seen.

Unfortunately utterly redundant in Saudi Arabia...

bluesofa Ruby Member

bluesofa

Posted
Posted
16 minutes ago, JAG said:
1 hour ago, When you know said:

[looking at photo on first page] My, that's the biggest bottle opener I've ever seen.

Unfortunately utterly redundant in Saudi Arabia...

Unless you're keen on 'Seven Up'?

hotchilli Legendary Member

hotchilli

Posted
Posted
4 hours ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

When I was 14, I didn't have a passport, nor did I have the money nor banking/payment ability to book an expensive multi-hop international airline flight...  Kinda wonder how this kid did???

 

Could be multiple reasons why he did & you didn't !!

He had access to money you didn't

he had a passport you didn't

maybe when you were 14 there were less opportunities than there are now

his ability to use the internet & book things... just to get started.

JAG Gold Member

JAG

Posted
Posted
43 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

Unless you're keen on 'Seven Up'?

As they are utterly intolerant of booze I very much doubt that they would allow that sort of movie!

TallGuyJohninBKK Star Member

TallGuyJohninBKK

Posted
Posted
1 hour ago, hotchilli said:

Could be multiple reasons why he did & you didn't !!

He had access to money you didn't

he had a passport you didn't

maybe when you were 14 there were less opportunities than there are now

his ability to use the internet & book things... just to get started.

 

--When I was 14, there wasn't any internet for reserving or purchasing airline tickets.

 

--When I was 14, I didn't have the several thousand dollars to my name to buy a multi-segment international airline trip covering a handful of different countries, regardless of how it might have been purchased. I might have had $50 or so in a bank account at the time.

 

--But then again, I wasn't a Saudi teenager, where the government hands out oil money cash to everyone and their mother, brother, etc etc.

 

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.






ASEANNOW

ASEANNOW (formerly Thai Visa) Thailand's oldest and most popular forum for expats and foreigners.

Sign up today and have your say

MORE INFO

POPULAR AREAS

CONTACT US

219/59 Asoke Towers, 15th Floor, Soi Sukhumvit 21, Watthana, Bangkok 10110
(+66) 99 196 1100
[email protected]

×
×
  • Create New...