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17.07.2004, 04:37
Many of you here will remember British 24-yr old trekker Gareth Koch who went missing in the Sagarmatha Parc, Nepal, in March of this year.
Last reported sighting still Monday morning March 8, leaving Chukhung for Dingboche.
Unfortunately there is still no news about Gareth, but there is a new website available now - designed by the Koch family itself - with more information re. the disappearance of their eldest son.
Although not all the sections of the site are fully ready yet, the website and its message board are worth a visit.
http://www.garethkochlostinnepal.co.uk/Site.html
A link to the messageboard is in the section "Feel free to leave any messages". And on that board, there is this appeal:
APPEAL MADE TO PRIME MINISTER TONY BLAIR
I have written to Tony Blair today asking him to investigate the way that the British Embassy in Nepal has dealt with the Search for Gareth. The letter details the inactions of the Embassy focusing on their demand for money before they would even consider organising any kind of search. I have appealed to him as a Father to intervene in this matter. This cannot be allowed to happen again to another family in this situation. Is it right that you have to pay your own government to carry out a search for one of your children when they go missing abroad?
David Koch
There will be a major press-conference with the parents in Great Britain in a few days from now, which will hopefully result in more attention for Gareth and his family, and more ways to find the answers to those two burning questions: Whát happened to him? And whére is he?
M.
Last reported sighting still Monday morning March 8, leaving Chukhung for Dingboche.
Unfortunately there is still no news about Gareth, but there is a new website available now - designed by the Koch family itself - with more information re. the disappearance of their eldest son.
Although not all the sections of the site are fully ready yet, the website and its message board are worth a visit.
http://www.garethkochlostinnepal.co.uk/Site.html
A link to the messageboard is in the section "Feel free to leave any messages". And on that board, there is this appeal:
APPEAL MADE TO PRIME MINISTER TONY BLAIR
I have written to Tony Blair today asking him to investigate the way that the British Embassy in Nepal has dealt with the Search for Gareth. The letter details the inactions of the Embassy focusing on their demand for money before they would even consider organising any kind of search. I have appealed to him as a Father to intervene in this matter. This cannot be allowed to happen again to another family in this situation. Is it right that you have to pay your own government to carry out a search for one of your children when they go missing abroad?
David Koch
There will be a major press-conference with the parents in Great Britain in a few days from now, which will hopefully result in more attention for Gareth and his family, and more ways to find the answers to those two burning questions: Whát happened to him? And whére is he?
M.