Swede gone missing with toddler, reunites with wife

[belg]

good for the wife she has 2000+ FRIENDS or who else would have gotten the message?

[Prbkk]

Can't blame Thai visa for quoting another news source. Although this story breaks the record in the most mistakes in one article! At least you were smart enough not to publish the second picture of the article quoted (see below). I wrote the following to Scandasia.com:

1. The couple in question is NOT a Swedish/Thai couple. The father is Swedish and the mother is a Swedish citizen of Iranian origin, working for the Swedish government.

2. My friend (a Thai academic)and I, who live in Chiangmai, met the baby's mother on a long-distance train in Sweden about 13 months ago. We invited her and her child (then 7) to visit us in Thailand if she and her family wanted to do so. She was pregnant at the time.

3. She and her bf (father of the baby) stayed at our house for several days. They had a fight and he ran off with the baby.

4. My friend took the mother of the baby to various police stations and called hospitals, the consulate, etc, in an effort to locate the father and the baby.

5. After seven days, the father returned from Pai with the baby, stayed a couple of days, and left together for the south.

6. My friend never met this man before he arrived in January. It is most embarrassing for her (and for me, a lawyer and Swedish translator) to have to confront questions about this matter, particularly as you include a picture of my friend and the baby, which seems to identify her as the mother.

[name redacted] and I INSIST that you publish a retraction of this article, and an apology for being so irresponsible.

Lawrence (surname redacted)

Yes quite true, the press here in Thailand get away with printing what ever garbage they want about Farang. I have seen them hang draw and quarter people who have had nothing but an allegation thrown at them, and in most cases by Thai people. Pictures splattered all over the papers with headlines such as SEX WITH A MINOR, in one case that turned out to be nothing but a complete lie. If you want to take pictures of people accused of crimes do it at the court when it is reasonable to assume there is a case to answer to. Not in police stations on the day of the arrest.

Agree...sometimes literally splattered...not nice at all

[Jonmarleesco]

"... We have now deleted any reference to the mothers nationality." Not on the ThaiVisa link, you haven't!

[Jonmarleesco]

Can't blame Thai visa for quoting another news source. Although this story breaks the record in the most mistakes in one article! At least you were smart enough not to publish the second picture of the article quoted (see below). I wrote the following to Scandasia.com:

1. The couple in question is NOT a Swedish/Thai couple. The father is Swedish and the mother is a Swedish citizen of Iranian origin, working for the Swedish government.

2. My friend (a Thai academic)and I, who live in Chiangmai, met the baby's mother on a long-distance train in Sweden about 13 months ago. We invited her and her child (then 7) to visit us in Thailand if she and her family wanted to do so. She was pregnant at the time.

3. She and her bf (father of the baby) stayed at our house for several days. They had a fight and he ran off with the baby.

4. My friend took the mother of the baby to various police stations and called hospitals, the consulate, etc, in an effort to locate the father and the baby.

5. After seven days, the father returned from Pai with the baby, stayed a couple of days, and left together for the south.

6. My friend never met this man before he arrived in January. It is most embarrassing for her (and for me, a lawyer and Swedish translator) to have to confront questions about this matter, particularly as you include a picture of my friend and the baby, which seems to identify her as the mother.

[name redacted] and I INSIST that you publish a retraction of this article, and an apology for being so irresponsible.

Lawrence (surname redacted)

Yes quite true, the press here in Thailand get away with printing what ever garbage they want about Farang. I have seen them hang draw and quarter people who have had nothing but an allegation thrown at them, and in most cases by Thai people. Pictures splattered all over the papers with headlines such as SEX WITH A MINOR, in one case that turned out to be nothing but a complete lie. If you want to take pictures of people accused of crimes do it at the court when it is reasonable to assume there is a case to answer to. Not in police stations on the day of the arrest.

I can personally vouch for the total incompetence of the Thai - as opposed to English language - press, and its refusal to let something as irrelevant as facts get in the way of a juicy story.

[Tywais]

"... We have now deleted any reference to the mothers nationality." Not on the ThaiVisa link, you haven't!

The article on Thaivisa has been updated to reflect the changes including the title. I did it at 14:58. The link to the article itself can not be changed.

[bander]

"The story ended well when Norby suddenly showed up at the Chiang Mai resort on 29 January and the family was happily reunited."

Now we just waiting for round 2 and a new fight between the happy parents, where does he escape next time?

[Espinete]

Yes, a happy ending but child abduction is evil and just about as cruel as it gets. Mr Sweden needs a shark kick up the khyber no matter whose fault the argument

Are you very familiar with Thailand or just a bit? I bought my child 'back' for USD $16, 000. Mother instincts here differ a bit from Western perspectives. Mr. Sweden best obducts again but with a Swedish pppt in hand.

[Loles]

" ..... and the family was happily reunited."

..... and the timed bomb is ticking, ticking ....

Sorry for this innocent toddler. The people can chose the friend but can't the family.

Edited January 31, 2014 by Loles

[MMarlow]

And what was the reason that Norby and Charlie disappeared for nine days?

Hardly any of your (or TV's) business, particularly when asked in the tone you used.

If it's a topic, then posters are free to comment, if it wasn't our business at all then the topic would not be on view.

If you think this way report the fact to admin and ask them to delete the topic-or click on the get in touch with us button.

According to you we should all reply--------------------Oh the Swede run off with the child, but it's not our business ??

I said nothing about the topic being none of anyone's business, my comment was about the pompous way noitom introduced his question, ("And what..." etc,) as though he/we had some kind of right to know details of the couple's personal business.

The whole point of the report was that the Swede had returned home with the child, not that they had gone missing. Just something else going right over your head. To quote you from a few weeks ago, if you read other people's comments more carefully maybe you'd get more likes!

"If you think this way report the fact to admin and ask them to delete the topic-or click on the get in touch with us button".

And thanks, but I don't need you to tell me the procedures here.

Edited January 31, 2014 by MMarlow

[MMarlow]

And what was the reason that Norby and Charlie disappeared for nine days?

Hardly any of your (or TV's) business, particularly when asked in the tone you used.

If it's a topic, then posters are free to comment, if it wasn't our business at all then the topic would not be on view.

If you think this way report the fact to admin and ask them to delete the topic-or click on the get in touch with us button.

According to you we should all reply--------------------Oh the Swede run off with the child, but it's not our business ??

Hey, boss, after savaging me like a toothless sheep, take a gander at the thread about the unfortunate Australian bar owner's death in the Phuket news section. There's someone besides me saying that something in a comment is none of our business too, heaven forbid. You may like to put him right!

[Jim walker]

Nice family story for a change on TV no one dead maimed or getting banged up in prison for 99 years and no giant corruption payments paid just a happy story for a little boy who was missing for a few days, maybe a lesson for other parents of young children in this story keep a good eye on your children never let them out of your sight for a minute or 9 days.

[FiftyTwo]

If Jimmy Norby is clever he tries to get his child a.s.a.p. double nationality. It looks like he hasn't Swedish nationality for the Little One and therefor he will be grilled 'forever'. Juridically Mother comes first and he second.

The family are all Swedish foreigners on holiday in Thailand.

No Thais involved, no dual nationality children.

No laws were broken (Thai or Swedish).

Edited February 4, 2014 by FiftyTwo