§ Albert OwenTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representation the British Government have made to the Government of Thailand to(a) ascertain the fate of Peter Lionel Sinnott who disappeared in Pattaya on 4 January and (b) encourage the Thai Government to urge the Thai Police to treat the matter with urgency. [45387]
§ Mr. Bradshaw[holding reply of 25 March]: On 14 February our Ambassador in Bangkok alerted the Director General for Europe at the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the disappearance of Peter Sinnott.
Since Mr Sinnott's disappearance our Embassy has pressed the Thai police on a number of occasions for information on their progress in locating Peter. In addition, on 18 January and 13 February our consular agent in Pattaya checked with local police stations, hospitals and morgues for information about Mr. Sinnott. On 28 January our Embassy wrote to the Commander of the Tourist Police in Pattaya to register Mr. Sinnott as a missing person. They wrote again on 15 March to express our interest in the investigation into Mr. Sinnott's disappearance and to ask for a report on the action taken by the police to locate him. We will continue to press for this information.