Thailand - Lawrence Honour, 19, British living in Thailand, Kanchanabur, 26 Sept 2025

[Darling136]

Brit, 19, vanishes abroad amid fears he's being held in Chinese mafia factory

The family of Lawrence Honour, 19, who lives in Thailand, have issued an urgent appeal for help after he went missing at the end of September. They fear he is being forced to work in a factory

www.mirror.co.uk

Computer genius Lawrence Honour, 19, was last spotted leaving his accomodation in the town of Kanchanabur on September 26. It has been reported that he tried to enter neighbouring Myanmar but was turned away by border guards because the crossing was closed due to conflict.

Police and his family are concerned that he is being held captive inside one of the call centre factories, which are controlled by Chinese gangs. The cruel set-up sees workers endure strenuous hours whilst being tortured

 

[Cedars]

Computer genius Lawrence Honour, 19, was last spotted leaving his accomodation in the town of Kanchanabur on September 26. It has been reported that he tried to enter neighbouring Myanmar but was turned away by border guards because the crossing was closed due to conflict.

I think the Chinese torture story is ridulous. What's really happened, reading between the lines, is he's run away from his father/stepmother, and may have snuck over the border into Myanmar where they'll have trouble finding him.

Authorities search for 19-year-old British man from Pattaya, missing near Thai-Myanmar border - Pattaya Mail

PATTAYA, Thailand – Authorities in Kanchanaburi are searching for a 19-year-old British man who went missing from his Pattaya home last week, amid fears he may have been lured into a cross-border call center scam. Ms. Gulnara Fattakhova, a Russian national, reported to Sub-Lieutenant Pakorn...

www.pattayamail.com

JMO

 

[GraceG]

While I certainly feel for the mother's pain, something feels "off" about all of this. His being a "computer genius" appears to stem from only his parent's perception that he's good with computers as I can find nothing on his skills either academically or in the computer world. I think I can speak for parents (at least in my general age group) everywhere that most of our kids are better with computers than we are (I go to my 15 year old granddaughter for coding issues). He's likely talented, but it doesn't appear he has a job, there's no mention of attending higher education, he's still iving with his Mom and Stepdad. I personally don't see the Chinese kidnapping him after luring him to work in a call center (a job for which you don't have to be anything close to a genuuis). Most victims of that are Chinese nationals, in any case, not British citizens.

From his movements and actions, he's on the move, but most likely of his own voilition, in my opinion. Still the dangers our there in most foreign countries exists so I do hope he lets someone know he is safe, or decides to come home.

 

[Cedars]

Still the dangers our there in most foreign countries exists so I do hope he lets someone know he is safe, or decides to come home.

Yes, just wanted to perhaps edit this to state: there are dangers to undocumented foreigners in any country...eg the USA.

In particular, there is a civil war in Myanmar, which is why it is a no-go zone for travellers in the western countryside right now.