Paedophile fears in tsunami affected areas

[Kellanved]

ELEANOR HALL: The disappearance and possible abduction of a Swedish boy from a Thai hospital has also raised the spectre of children, displaced or orphaned by the disaster, being preyed upon by paedophiles.

Child protection agencies say child abuse in the aftermath of displacement is not uncommon.
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The boy's father Dan Walker raised the alarm after travelling to Thailand to comfort his children. Staff from a hospital near Khao Lak, who were shown Kristian's photo, say they treated him, before watching him leave with a man described as European in appearance.
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http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2005/s1276415.htm

Edit:
Replaced the BBC story with the ABC one
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4144901.stm

[ET Awful]

1. Was Fred Phelps anywhere in the vicinity?

He'll probably have a flier out in a day or two praising the kidnapper for carrying out Gods will against the Swedishh.

Now, on to the real issue. I certainly hope they find this poor kid. He's been through enough already. What kind of freakin' sleaze would do this at anytime, let alone at the most traumatic point in the kids and his family's lives.

[henslee]

2. Oh. This is sick. Hope its just a mixup.

[liberalmuse]

3. WTF?

One child disappears, which is tragic, but *this news story has me picturing depraved, slobbering pedophiles scooping up children by the hundreds from the storm battered beaches. It's either my crazy imagination or this story is alarmist bullshit. I'm not defending pedophiles--I just hate being manipulated by news stories like this.

On edit: Correction--*this headline.

[searchingforlight]

4. I heard Jeb Bush was going over. Maybe he took Neil along.

[Florida_Geek]

9. Hell Neil has been there for a week

"helping" 12yo girls......

[bluestateguy]

5. I have a feeling this story is being blown out of proportion, but...

any pedophile who is caught doing this at this time of catastrophe should be shot dead on sight.

[leesa]

6. This is Soooo disgusting that THIS is what American media focuses on!

I am beginning to really hate America. I wish it weren't so, but our country is despicable.

[rucky]

7. That was from Australian Broadcasting Co.

ABC.au

[Kellanved]

8. Actually it is the European/Australian media...

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