Family of four is safe - but mystery surrounds where they are and why they went missing

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Picture: INN

 

INN reported that a family of four who have been missing from their home in Sukhothai are safe.

 

The grandfather and eldest daughter had been unable to make contact with Nirut's family after they left Thung Saliam in Thailand's north.

 

Nirat had said he was taking them on a Songkran trip but refused to tell his father exactly where.

 

Pol Col Sayan Janjemkrajang of the Ban Rai police said that the disappearance is connected to an investment scheme involving many people. He declined to give further details.

 

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He said that the wife, called Nareumol, had sold the pick-up that the family left in in a gas station in Phitsanuloke after it was avertised for sale with second hand dealers. CCTV proves that, he said. 

 

The vehicle was then passed onto other people in Lopburi and Bangkok.

 

Earlier it was reported that the family were the father and children aged 12 and 7. 

 

More about this as we hear of it. 

 

 

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[khwaibah]

Pol Col Sayan Janjemkrajang of the Ban Rai police said that the disappearance is connected to an investment scheme involving many people. He declined to give further details.   ????

[Kwasaki]

Sounds like they want to get away from the family home and just support themselves in another area.

Phitsanulok is large and the father and mother can find work. 

[Liverpool Lou]

10 hours ago, Kwasaki said:

Sounds like they want to get away from the family home and just support themselves in another area.

Er, doesn't sound that it was just that!...

"Ban Rai police said that the disappearance is connected to an investment scheme involving many people".

 

And their phone numbers had been cancelled and were out of service.

[Kwasaki]

10 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Er, doesn't sound that it was just that!...

"Ban Rai police said that the disappearance is connected to an investment scheme involving many people".

Family borrowing money where only one is left to pay the sharks, others cannot pay back, time to leave, have known it to happen and probably a common thing these days. 

[Liverpool Lou]

34 minutes ago, Kwasaki said:

47 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Er, doesn't sound that it was just that!...

"Ban Rai police said that the disappearance is connected to an investment scheme involving many people".

Family borrowing money where only one is left to pay the sharks, others cannot pay back, time to leave

So far there have been no reports of the involvement of loan sharks in this case but there have been specific mentions of an "investment scheme" that, clearly, didn't go as planned.

[IamNoone88]

Sounds either a very successful investment (for them) scheme or a very bad one! Take your pick.

[animatic]

11 minutes ago, IamNoone88 said:

Sounds either a very successful investment (for them) scheme or a very bad one! Take your pick.

Or someone in the family ran a scheme, and the ones not involved or knowing are catching some blame and want to be clear of it.

[Purdey]

Another Ponzi scheme gone bad. 

[hotchilli]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Pol Col Sayan Janjemkrajang of the Ban Rai police said that the disappearance is connected to an investment scheme involving many people. He declined to give further details.

Done a runner.?

[rwill]

Shall we play a game?

[2009]

5 hours ago, Kwasaki said:

Family borrowing money where only one is left to pay the sharks, others cannot pay back, time to leave, have known it to happen and probably a common thing these days. 

Yup, borrowing money from loan sharks then online gambling.

 

Been rife for the last 5 years.

[Dont confuse me]

Sounds like they are in a lot of debt 

[brianthainess]

I imagine one of 3 things, 

a; took the money an ran,

b; running from the Mafi, 

c; Caught by the Mafi fate yet undetermined. 

???? ????

 

[BTB1977]

How long do they think they can stay in Turkey ¿¿¿

[StayinThailand2much]

11 hours ago, Kwasaki said:

Sounds like they want to get away from the family home and just support themselves in another area.

Phitsanulok is large and the father and mother can find work. 

Depending on the success of the 'investment scheme involving many people', they may not need to work anymore. Home-schooling their kids, they could just 'disappear' till caught by accident.

[StayinThailand2much]

5 hours ago, 2009 said:

Yup, borrowing money from loan sharks then online gambling.

 

Been rife for the last 5 years.

At first I thought they were the initiators of the investment scheme, but your explanation makes sense too.

[Kwasaki]

6 minutes ago, StayinThailand2much said:

Depending on the success of the 'investment scheme involving many people', they may not need to work anymore. Home-schooling their kids, they could just 'disappear' till caught by accident.

They sold there truck so they had some cash to start somewhere else is my guess but who knows.

[MrJ2U]

12 hours ago, Kwasaki said:

Sounds like they want to get away from the family home and just support themselves in another area.

Phitsanulok is large and the father and mother can find work. 

Perhaps the ponzi scheme they hatched up also played a small part.

[Iron Tongue]

Anyone else look at the picture and do some basic math?

 

[kiwikeith]

16 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Er, doesn't sound that it was just that!...

"Ban Rai police said that the disappearance is connected to an investment scheme involving many people".

 

And their phone numbers had been cancelled and were out of service.

My guess = Pyramid Scheme, why do they have to run? possibly some angry investors at the bottom when it collapsed, just a guess. 

[webfact]

UPDATE:

Missing family alive in Turkey: Daughter just wants to hug parents - no idea about 10M baht debts claim

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1257610-missing-family-alive-in-turkey-daughter-just-wants-to-hug-parents-no-idea-about-10m-baht-debts-claim/

[brianthainess]

15 hours ago, brianthainess said:

I imagine one of 3 things, 

a; took the money an ran,

b; running from the Mafi, 

c; Caught by the Mafi fate yet undetermined. 

???? ????

 

So it was plan A and B,  on the run with two kids home schooling Thai style. 

[KannikaP]

15 hours ago, BTB1977 said:

How long do they think they can stay in Turkey ¿¿¿

Where does it mention Turkey?

[Liverpool Lou]

22 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

Where does it mention Turkey?

UPDATE:

Missing family alive in Turkey: Daughter just wants to hug parents - no idea about 10M baht debts claim

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1257610-missing-family-alive-in-turkey-daughter-just-wants-to-hug-parents-no-idea-about-10m-baht-debts-claim/

 

And in the Bangkok Post.

[KannikaP]

8 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

UPDATE:

Missing family alive in Turkey: Daughter just wants to hug parents - no idea about 10M baht debts claim

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1257610-missing-family-alive-in-turkey-daughter-just-wants-to-hug-parents-no-idea-about-10m-baht-debts-claim/

 

And in the Bangkok Post.

Sorry, I thought I had deleted my question after reading this. My misunderstanding

[Excel]

16 hours ago, BTB1977 said:

How long do they think they can stay in Turkey ¿¿¿

30 days visa free or until their money runs out.

[Butterflyman]

They should stay with redbull boss they will never be found!