CHIANG RAI: A woman suffering from Alzheimer’s disease reported missing from her home in this northern border province eight months ago has finally been found - 600 kilometres away in Kunming City, China
Two Chiang Rai immigration officers and her daughter left for Kunming on Wednesday to collect 59-year-old Kaewmanee Arjor, police said on Thursday. They would bring her back on Friday.
Ms Kaewmanee has been missing from her home since June last year.
Her daughter filed a missing person report with police on June 12. She also asked Chiang Rai immigration police for help, explaining her missing mother suffered from Alzheimer’s.
They had recently been notified by the Thai consulate in Kunming, Yunnan province, that she had been found walking on a road in Kunming, about 600km north of the Thai border.
Chinese police who spotted the woman found she had a Thai ID card and symptoms of Alzheimer’s. They took her to a mental hospital and informed the Thai consulate.
Her daughter worked at a golf course with a daily wage of just 300 baht. The woman could not afford to bring her home. Chiang Rai immigration officers had helped the family on humanitarian grounds by donating money to cover her travelling expenses.
