TL:DR
- British man Mark Counsell, 31, has gone missing in Southeast Asia after a Christmas video call with family.
- He was last seen on 25 December, believed to be in Thailand or Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
- Described as 5ft 9in tall, with short brown hair and a brown/ginger beard.
- Last seen wearing a khaki Fred Perry t-shirt.
- Police urge anyone with information to come forward.
Desperate search for Brit who vanished in Thailand after video call with family
Mark was travelling in Southeast Asia when he disappeared.
Police have launched an urgent search after a British man vanished 6,000 miles away after calling his family on Christmas.
Mark Counsell, 31, was travelling in Southeast Asia but disappeared after calling his family to wish them a happy holiday.
Police say Mark, of Pontypool, South Wales, is believed to be in either Thailand or the Kuala Lumpur area of Malaysia.
The Gwent force said: ‘Mark was last seen on Thursday, December 25, between 9am and 10am on video call, as he has been travelling in Thailand recently.
‘He is believed to be in either Thailand or the Kuala Lumpur area of Malaysia. He is described as a white male, aged 31 years old, 5ft 9in height, with an average build.
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‘He has short brown hair with faded sides and a short brown/ginger beard, which is longer on the chin. He was last seen wearing a Khaki coloured Fred Perry t-shirt.’
Anyone with information has been urged to contact the police with information on his whereabouts.
Last year, a tourist who went missing on a night out while in Thailand was found on life support after emergency brain surgery.
Ashton Jones, 29, went on a last-minute trip to Bangkok but was separated from his friends on a night out.
Five days after Ashton arrived in Thailand to meet up with a lifelong friend, his family were told he was missing after a night out on the town.
His friends spent hours searching for Ashton after he went missing from the nightclub, before finding him in the hospital. Medics believe he was attacked.
After raising thousands for him to return to the UK, Ashton finally arrived in London weeks after his accident.