French Girls Rescued From Phuket Red Light District

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French girls rescued from Phuket red light district

Phuket Gazette

Phuket's infamous Soi Bangla, where the second of the two French Moroccan girls were rescued last night.

Phuket Tourist Police Volunteer Narada Hanks.

PHUKET: -- Excellent field work by Phuket Tourist Police Volunteers has led to the rescue of two preteen French girls thought to have been living on the streets of Phuket for up to eight months.

Using photos supplied by the French Embassy, Phuket Tourist Police Foreign Volunteers were asked to keep an eye open for the two sisters, ethnic Moroccans aged 11 and 12.

Details are limited, but the 11-year-old has already been rescued and repatriated to France by French social services to live with her grandmother, who instigated the search for them.

The search for the second girl ended at about 11pm last night when sharp-eyed volunteer Narada Hanks spotted a girl matching the description of the 12-year-old walking along the infamous Soi Bangla in Patong.

She spotted the girl as she walking up Soi Bangla, near Soi Crocodile, wearing a long dress and talking to three men.

After approaching the girl and beginning a conversation that confirmed her as the missing girl, Mrs Narada escorted her to the Phawadee Hotel run by Phuket Tourist Police Foreign Volunteer supervisor Claude de Crissey and his wife.

She was accompanied by fellow volunteers Omar Al Quraiani of Jordan and Italian national Sergio Bongiovanni.

Mrs Narada, originally from Kamphaengphet province, told the Gazette she did not press the girl for information about why she was on Soi Bangla so late for fear of losing her trust. Her only goal was to get the girl to safety, she said.

Mr de Crissey, a Frenchman, was able to converse with the ethnic Arabic girl in her native tongue.

The girl told the volunteers she had been staying with two Thai friends in Kathu Municipality and they planned to come and pick her up to bring her home at 1am.

When she said she was tired and hungry, she was given a meal of steak and spaghetti and then put to bed. She remains under the watchful eyes of the resort staff today, while her repatriation is being organized by Thai and French officials.

Details about how the girls ended up on the street remain few, but it appears that the girls’ mother died about five years ago and her father was unable to care for them. He is rumored to be in prison.

Names and images of the two girls are being withheld to protect their privacy.

More details are expected to be released soon.

Source: http://www.phuketgazette.net/archives/articles/2011/article11656.html

-- Phuket Gazette 2011-12-09

[Wallaby]

Good news. Hope they are placed somewhere safe.

[katabeachbum]

Well done Police Volunteers :jap:

[LivinginKata]

11 & 12 year old girls unsupervised for 8 months. That's almost unbelievable. Congrats to the VPs.

[cowslip]

I expect now we'll get a load of simplistic views about the what where hows and wherefores of all this.

Edited December 9, 2011 by LivinginKata
inflammatory comment removed

[smokie36]

Eight months! At least it seems they are safe and well. As said a positive result for the TPV's for once.

[blackthorn2005]

I expect now we'll get a load of simplistic views about the what where hows and wherefores of all this.

Do not forget the losers who continually run the volunteers down.

[EvilDrSomkid]

I don't understand how the girls got to Phuket in the first place...

[kimamey]

Well done Police Volunteers :jap:

A sad story but at least with a happy ending. As you say well done to the Police Volunteers. I've heard them mentioned on here before but never much about what they do so although it's sad that these 2 girls were in this situation at least there are people who care enough to help. I'm sure there are more that need help as well.

[cowslip]

don't forget that these kids have apparently been living on the streets for 8 WEEKS - and nobody noticed???????

[TechnikaIII]

I expect now we'll get a load of simplistic views about the what where hows and wherefores of all this.

.. wishfull thinking ?.

[janderton]

I don't understand how the girls got to Phuket in the first place...

mee too.

how they entered thailand? who got parental power? clear this first

or will be useless to rempatiate them... within a month they'll be here again

[andyc2006]

Glad these girls are on their way to safety, and hopefully a "normal" life/chilidhood.

Now... who's going to rescue all the pre-teen Thai girls (and boys)?

Language != nationality. Plenty of French citizens have native languages other than French.

These are preteen children... for crying out loud, don't blame them because they were born into a background of people who are currently f**** up the world (and it's not like our forefathers weren't part of the crowd f**** up the world in the not-so-distant past).

don't forget that these kids have apparently been living on the streets for 8 WEEKS - and nobody noticed???????

Somebody noticed. They're called customers. And pimps.

Edited December 9, 2011 by LivinginKata
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[englishinsiam]

Probably trafficked here to satisfy the lust of old Paedo's

At least they are safe and well now, lets hope they don't return until they are older and their grandmother takes good care of them.

Edited December 9, 2011 by englishinsiam

[Headgame]

don't forget that these kids have apparently been living on the streets for 8 WEEKS - and nobody noticed???????

Not 8 weeks - up to 8 months!!!

[alexth]

Where were the authorities wen they arrested her father and left the 2 kids in the street?

[hyperdimension]

don't forget that these kids have apparently been living on the streets for 8 WEEKS - and nobody noticed???????

Don't forget that the article says 8 MONTHS - and you didn't notice???????

Edited December 9, 2011 by hyperdimension

[softgeorge]

don't forget that these kids have apparently been living on the streets for 8 WEEKS - and nobody noticed???????

I believe the OP says 8 Months not 2 months. Someone must have noticed them on the streets and it is a wonder that nobody contacted the police about 2 homeless farangs months ago.

It is a tired and sick old world when nobody cares.

[softgeorge]

Where were the authorities wen they arrested her father and left the 2 kids in the street?

That is a very good question. What arrangements did the authorities and courts make for them prior to sentencing dad?

[blackthorn2005]

"Mr de Crissey, a Frenchman, was able to converse with the ethnic Arabic girl in her native tongue."

So I suggest they kindly send her back to her native country, matching her native language. Which is not France.

(this is not a racist post, cause I know already some guys here will set me on fire right away)

French girls, French embassy, French social services, Mr de Crissey, a Frenchman. What part of the article is it that is not clear to you?. The children did not pick the nationality of either of their parents, their own nationality is pretty clear.

[Tibo27]

French girls, French embassy, French social services, Mr de Crissey, a Frenchman. What part of the article is it that is not clear to you?. The children did not pick the nationality of either of their parents, their own nationality is pretty clear.

I never said she doesn't have the French nationality. I said she might not be native AND that she does not speak French.

What part of my comment is not clear to you ?

[azado]

It is not her fault where she was born or what nationality she have and definitely not her fault been in Bangla road. If she was NOT French then why the French embassy were looking for her and her sister.

I do speak six language and Thai very good but still that doesnt make that I have nationality for all. The story here is very unclear about many things, but for me the name Claude de Crissey sounds very French so it seems more than typo error about the native language her from the gazette more than Mr Claude speak Macaroon Arabic(this is as much assumption as your first post!).

[Krungbin]

I don't understand how the girls got to Phuket in the first place...

Indeed the good question to be asked... How could they, aged 11 and 12, end up in Phuket while their father would be in jail and their mother deceased years ago? And..."alone" on the streets for some 8 months? This stinks...

[blackthorn2005]

They are French citizens, that is why the French are looking after them and not Moroccans.

[Krungbin]

And for those who would be interested, Mr. Claude de Crissey is, between other involvements in the community life of Phuket, Vice President of Phuket Tourist Police Volunteers...

[Tibo27]

It is not her fault where she was born or what nationality she have and definitely not her fault been in Bangla road. If she was NOT French then why the French embassy were looking for her and her sister.

I did not blame her on anything. Don't assume things. It is a sad story indeed, I do not deny it.

I do speak six language and Thai very good but still that doesnt make that I have nationality for all. The story here is very unclear about many things, but for me the name Claude de Crissey sounds very French so it seems more than typo error about the native language her from the gazette more than Mr Claude speak Macaroon Arabic(this is as much assumption as your first post!).

Claude Crissey might be French, the French Embassy might be efficient and welcoming, the rescue volunteers are certainly very helpful, however, the little girl is lost, dead mother and father probably in jail, she does NOT speak french obviously and they are going to be send back to their grandmother (so, I guess, retired). Those are facts, not my opinion.

Now my opinion is simple (and I don't ask anyone to share it), these little girls will be better off in Morocco where they seem to be from(even though yes I never spoke to those girls to confirm that).

[Orac]

She is a 12 year old girl with French nationality whose mother has apparently died and her father could be in prison and you are advocating sending her to Morocco because of her ethnicity rather than to France where her grandmother is - shame on you!

Also I do not see anywhere that it says she cannot speak french, only that she was spoken to in her native language which, as the title identifies her as french, could well be French.

[Tibo27]

I can assure you that many people live in France whose ethnic origin and native language are not French, who are nonetheless identified as French citizens.

And I believe you.

[LivinginKata]

Ok, enough of the bickering. I have weeded out a large number of posts that implied racist remarks and all the replies and all the inflammatory posts and edited out quotes in other posts. Stay on topic about the actual story and not speculate on nationality.

[josephinebloggs]

The Thai " Friends " sound like delightful Human Beings..

Edited December 9, 2011 by josephinebloggs