Police gather for Interpol meeting on Asian disaster.
Interpol to co-ordinate victim identification efforts.

LYON, France - Police officials from around the world will gather at the Interpol General Secretariat on Wednesday 5 January for a special meeting to discuss further co-ordination of the international police response for countries affected by the Asian earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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TSUMANI PAEDOPHILE WARNING – 5/1/05

Child welfare groups have warned that orphaned youngsters from the tsunami disaster may be preyed on by child-trafficking gangs.

UNICEF says the gangs - who are well-established in Indonesia - could be selling them into forced labour or sexual slavery in wealthier neighbouring countries like Malaysia and Singapore.

Indonesia estimates 35,000 youngsters from the Aceh region lost one or both parents in the Boxing Day

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Police probe bogus charity websites– 5/1/05

19:31 - 04 January 2005

Reports of bogus charity websites set up in the wake of the Indian Ocean earthquake are being investigated.

Scotland Yard said it was probing a "small number" of sites over allegations of fraud.

It warned anyone trying to swindle the public out of money meant to help the victims of the disasters would be "dealt with in the strongest terms".

A spokesman said: "The Metropolitan Police Service treats all allegations of fraud, especially in circumstances such as these, extremely seriously.

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Tsunami hoax sends 10,000 fleeing to higher ground

CLOSE to 10,000 residents in the coastal district of Semporna ran helter-skelter last night after receiving false news of a tsunami heading their way.

In Lahad Datu, District Police Chief Supt Idris Jikon said several hundred people ran to higher ground between 10pm and midnight.

"They returned home after we convinced them that it was all ahoax," he said, adding that investigations will also be carried out to determine the source of the rumours.

Source: new strait times

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THE HOAXER'S EMAIL

Christopher Pierson sent a hoax email to 35 people who posted their details at Sky News Online telling them their loved ones caught up in the tsunami disaster were dead.

The hoax email, which purported to be from the "Foreign Office Bureau" in Thailand, was sent from the same bogus email address: ukgovfoffice@aol.com

This is the email he penned:

Dear Sir/Madam

Following your enquiry for information on the people you named on the Sky message board, it is with deep regret that from information from our embassy staff, ALL the named people in your enquiry have been confirmed as deceased.

For more assistance of help please do not hesitate to call the foreign office embassy help line that has been issued, there are many more lines now available.

We are very sorry to have to confirm this news. Further information as to returning to the UK those who have died will be issued by the Government over the coming weekend.

Unfortunately, it is thought after careful investigation that the British figures for those who have died will exceed 3,200 which is one of the main reasons for the delay in informing all those who are enquiring. There is currently a news 'hold' on these figures.

Next of kin will be informed officially within the next 48 hours.

Foreign office bureau, Thailand.

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