What area did this former United States Army soldier cross before defecting to North Korea, who was later released in 2004, which brought light to the abduction story of the Thai national Anocha Panjoy known to the world?
Anocha Panjoy Anocha Panjoy (Thai: อโนชา ปันจ้อย ; rtgs: "Anocha Panchoi" ; born 1955) is a Thai national who was abducted by North Korean agents from Macau on 21 May 1978. Her case only became known after the release of the American Charles Robert Jenkins and his Japanese family in 2004.
Humayun Khan (soldier) Humayun Saqib Muazzam Khan (September 9, 1976 – June 8, 2004) was a United States Army officer. Born in the United Arab Emirates to Pakistani parents, he moved to the U.S. with his family as a young boy. He attended the University of Virginia, where he was a member of the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps. Upon graduating in 2000, Khan was commissioned an officer in the United States Army and was deployed as a captain to Iraq during the Iraq War. In 2004 he was killed in a suicide attack near Baqubah, Iraq, and was posthumously awarded a Purple Heart and Bronze Star.