BANGKOK — A young Saudi woman who wanted to assert her independence slipped away from her family during a holiday in Kuwait last week and boarded a plane for Thailand. Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun, 18, said that her family was abusive and that she hoped to seek asylum in Australia. But when she got off the plane in Bangkok, she said, a man was waiting, her name written on a placard. Instead, Ms. Alqunun said, the man came back with other men she believes were Thai security officers and a representative of Kuwait Airlines. They said that her family had filed a missing persons report about her — and that she had to return to Kuwait on a flight late Monday morning.

Source: New York Times January 06, 2019 22:07 UTC