However, she was denied entry by Thai officials and her passport was allegedly seized by a Saudi diplomat. She told the BBC she had renounced Islam and was afraid she would be sent back to her family in Saudi Arabia and killed. "My brothers and family and the Saudi embassy will be waiting for me in Kuwait," Qunun told Reuters by text and voice message from a Bangkok transit hotel late on Sunday. The Thai immigration chief told reporters that he would be meeting UNHCR, the United Nations' refugee agency to discuss Qunun’s asylum plans. Rights group Human Rights Watch had urged Thai authorities to halt the planned deportation.

Source: bd News24 January 07, 2019 05:48 UTC