A Thai woman abandoned her seven year old daughter at a bus terminal in the southern province of Krabi on March 18. The girl is now safe in the care of her father.

 

Vendors by the Transport Company Limited bus terminal in Krabi sought help from Mueang Krabi Police Station after they found the girl, Nam, wandering around the place looking for her mother.

The vendors helped take care of the girl, giving her food, drink and some money while they waited for the police to arrive.

 

From the security cameras and information from witnesses at the scene, police reported that Nam’s mother, 25 year old Kanokwan, brought the girl to the terminal. She and the girl were seen entering a shower room at the terminal together but Kanokwan was left alone.

 

Kanokwan was seen walking quickly to the Phuket-Pattalung bus and leaving the terminal without her daughter.

 

A vendor whose shop was near the shower room told police that Nam finished showering and went out to look for her mother, prompting people at the bus terminal to join the search and later report the matter to the police.

 

Safe and sound

 

A 67 year old Thai man, Wichai, claimed that he was sitting near the shower room when Kanokwan and Nam arrived. He said he heard Kanokwan tell her daughter to take a shower and wait for her father at the terminal.

 

Police officers made a call to the driver of the Phuket-Pattalung bus and requested to talk with Kanokwan but the woman refused. Officers later obtained Kanokwan’s phone number and spoke to her.

 

Kanokwan told police that Nam’s father worked at a construction site in the Klongtom district of Krabi, and he would come to the terminal to pick Nam up. Kanokwan immediately hung up the phone and blocked police from contacting her.

 

Police then contacted Nam’s father. He said he would pick up his daughter and asked police to take the girl to a grocery store owned by his employer.

 

One 31 reported that on March 19 the girl’s father had picked up his daughter and she is now safe in his care.

 

There was no report of the conflict between Nam’s parents, no news of why the girl’s mother abandoned her and no legal action was taken against Kanokwan.

 

According to Section 306 of the Criminal Law, abandoning children aged under nine years old results in imprisonment of up to three years, a fine of up to 60,000 baht or both.

 

 

By Petch Petpailin

Caption: Photo via Facebook/ Amarin TV

 

Source: The Thaiger 2024-03-21

 

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Mom is off to Phuket, while daughter is left alone.  Hmm seems familiar TIT..

Poor little girl. Being used as a pawn between domestic disputes. 

This type of mental and emotional abuse will affect the child later in life.....

In this day and age we are in a position to make a choice when it comes to having children, or not. Some people make wonderful parents, some people are barely fit to be parents and some people are just better off not being parents at all. It's a disservice to the children when the parents don't know anything about the art of parenting, and when they fail at that job. If you're going to have kids treat them with regard and respect or just don't do it at all. 

Well Karma may strike when the mother is old and gets abandoned, poor little girl will have to be resilient now as her life will change drastically, life can be cruel but it is much too early for her to find out, abandoned by the one person who was the center of her love.

16 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

There was no report of the conflict between Nam’s parents

 

I am guessing that you didn't read the whole article before commenting.
There was no report of the conflict between Nam’s parents

Disgusting mother... 

The day I said goodbye to my seven-year-old daughter at the airport so she could attend school in the US while living with her mother was the hardest day of my life, despite it being my own decision. It took me years to come to terms with that choice, despite the fact I knew it was the right call. 

I can't imagine how anyone could do something like this 

Disgraceful act by the mother, whatever the circumstances.