Saudi woman leaves Bangkok airport under UNHCR care Thai authorities allow a Saudi woman held in a Bangkok airport to leave under the care of the UNHCR while she seeks asylum after a major international outcry suspended her deportation back to Kuwait. The 18-year-old says she ran away from her family while travelling in Kuwait because they subjected her to physical and psychological abuse. She says she had planned to seek asylum in Australia and feared she would be killed if repatriated by Thai immigration officials who stopped her during transit on Sunday. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES