Anocha Panjoy F0000008

Victims of other nationalities
Type of victim
  • Other foreign abductees
Nationality
Thailand
Sex
Female
Age when taken
23
Age group when taken
20s
Below 18 when taken
No
Occupation
Masseuse
Type of occupaion
Service And Sales Worker
Date of birth
Jul 12, 1955
Year of birth
1950s: 1955
Place of residence
Macau
Place of residence on map

Latitude: 22.1619703

Longitude: 113.4877503

Place of residence on map
Reason behind disappearance
  • Not elsewhere classified
Date when taken
May 21, 1978
Date when taken (additional note)
Some say she was taken on July 2, 1978
Year when taken
1970s: 1978
Country where taken
China
Province where taken
Unknown
Region where taken on map

Latitude: 22.1619703

Longitude: 113.4877503

Region where taken on map
Place where taken
Macau
Type of place where taken
Ship
Description of disappearance
Anocha had agreed to take a man claiming to be a Japanese tour guide on a boat tour when she was kidnapped on the morning of May 21, 1978. At a nearby beach, she was forced onto a boat by North Korean agents.
Country last identified
North Korea
Information on detention
No
Additional description

According Charles Robert Jenkins, an American defector who lived close by in Pyongyang, Panjoy married an American defector, Larry Allen Abshier, who died in 1983. In 1989 she married again, to an East German businessman working for the government. She apparently told Jenkins that she wanted to return to Thailand and be with her family.