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Thai police arrest man for kidnapping his wife of 14 years
Jun 14, 2009, 3:52 GMT
Bangkok - Thai police arrested a construction worker on charges of kidnapping his wife, now the mother of his two children, when she was still a minor 14 years ago, media reports said Sunday.
Police, acting on an arrest warrant issued in 1995 based on kidnapping charges by the girl's parents, arrested Noppadon Nontanok, 32, on Thursday.
'I was shocked when police arrested me,' Noppadon told the Bangkok Post newspaper. 'Those events took place a long time ago. If I am sent to jail, who will earn money to support the family?'
Noppadon said he helped his wife, Rosukhon, who was 14 at the time, move to Bangkok in 1995 from her native Phayao province, 450 kilometres north of the Thai capital.
Rosukhon's parents at the time lodged a complaint against Noppadon for kidnapping their daughter, but later dropped the matter when the couple got married and had two children together.
The case was revived when police started clearing a backlog of old files, the Bangkok Post reported.
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