PACKAGE?
PACKAGE? YOU GET SOME FOOLISHNESS.
>>> A NAVY VETERAN FROM HOUSTON
LOCKED UP IN A CRIME WHERE
SOMETHING HE DID NOT COMMIT.
>>'S FAMILY SAYS THIS IS A DARK
REALITY THEY ARE LIVING EVERY
DAY.
DAY.
DAY. WE
DAY. WE SPOKE WITH THEM AND THAT THE
EXCLUSIVE STORY TONIGHT.>> HIS
NAME IS DOUG DEREK KELLER.
THEY REACHED OUT TO
POLITICIANS, AND LAWYERS, IF
SOMETHING DOESN'T HAPPEN FAST
HE COULD SPEND THE REST OF HIS
LIFE IN A TIE PRISON.
>> THIS IS DEREK KELLER, A 44-
YEAR-OLD MAN FROM RICHMOND
TEXAS.
TEXAS.
TEXAS. >>
TEXAS. >> I WAS LIKE TO HAVE PEOPLE
LEFT.
LEFT.
LEFT. >>
LEFT. >> HE IS FULL OF LIFE.
>> HE WOULD GIVE YOU THE SHIRT
OFF HIS BACK.
? A FATHER.
>> HE IS THE BEST MAN I'VE EVER
KNOWN.
KNOWN.
KNOWN. >>
KNOWN. >> HE IS EASILY THE BEST IN MY
ENTIRE LIFE.
ENTIRE LIFE. >>
>>
>> >>.
>>.
>>. IS
>>. IS NOWHERE NEAR FAMILY OR
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. HE IS MORE THAN 9000 MILES AWAY
BEHIND BARS IN A BANGKOK PRISON.
>> IN 2015, KELLER AND HIS WIFE
MOVED TO CHINA WITH THEIR KIDS.
>> THIS IS THE LEAD INSTRUCTOR
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. >>
HERE. >> HE GIVE UP HIS TRUCKING
COMPANY AND WORKS ODD JOBS IN
CHINA.
CHINA.
CHINA. BARTENDING AND EVEN ACTING.
A CHILDHOOD PASSION OF HIS.
IN 2016, FAMILY SAYS A
RECRUITER REACHED OUT TO HIM
ABOUT A COMPANY LOOKING FOR A
WESTERN FACE.
WESTERN FACE. >> THERE REPRESENTED AS
COMPLETELY LEGIT, LEGAL, THIS
WOULD BE AN ACTIVE OPPORTUNITY.
>> HE ACTED IN SEVERAL VIDEOS.
>> TWO YEARS WENT BY AND THE
FAMILY WENT ON VACATION.
>> THEYGOT OFF THE PLANE AND
HAD A LOT OF SILENT POLICE
OFFICERS WAITING FOR THEM.
>> HE WAS PART OF A PONZI
SCHEME.
SCHEME.
SCHEME. >> FIRST THEY THOUGHT IT WAS A
MISUNDERSTANDING.
MISUNDERSTANDING. >> IT OR NOT TO BE SOMETHING
WORSE.
WORSE.
WORSE. >>
WORSE. >> DEREK CALLED HIS FAMILY HERE
IN THE STATES.
TO TELL THEM ABOUT HIS ARREST.
>> THAT THE LAST I HAVE HEARD
OF HIM SINCE.
THE LAST TIME I HEARD HIS VOICE.
IT'S BEEN BAD.
HORRIBLE.
HORRIBLE.
HORRIBLE. ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE.
ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE. >> NO FAMILY HAS SEEN OR TALKED
TO HIM SINCE.
INCLUDING HIS SON.
>> I AM SCARED I'M GOING TO
WAKE UP TO THE WORST
INFORMATION I HAVE EVER HEARD.
THAT SOMETHING BEYOND HORRIFIC
ABOUT THIS HAS HAPPENED TO MY
DAD.
DAD.
DAD. HE
DAD. HE HAS DIED INCARCERATION OR
SOMETHING.
SOMETHING. >> IS THE UNCERTAINTY THAT
KILLS ME.
KILLS ME.
KILLS ME. >> DEREK IS IN THIS PRISON.
HIS WIFE IS IN CHINA AFRAID TO
BE TOO FAR AWAY FROM HIM.
>> THE PRISON HE IS IN, IS
NOTORIOUS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
VIOLATIONS.
VIOLATIONS. IT'S VERY CORRUPT.
>> HE HAS LOST 70 POUNDS IN 10
MONTHS.
MONTHS.
MONTHS. >> I FEEL ANGER, FEAR, ANXIETY,
DEPRESSION, ESPECIALLY THAT ONE
, JUST FROM THE BIG IMPACT THIS
IS HAD ON ME.
TWO THEY PROVIDED PROOF THAT
DEREK IS INNOCENT AND WAS
SIMPLY AN ACTOR AND A CORPORATE
VIDEO.
VIDEO.
VIDEO. THEY REACHED OUT TO PRESIDENT
TRUMP AND A LIST OF LOCAL
POLITICIANS.
POLITICIANS. WITH NO OFFER OF HELP.
POLITICIANS. WITH NO OFFER OF HELP.úFOR U.S.
VETERAN.
VETERAN.
VETERAN. >> THE COUNTRY CALLED, HE
ANSWERED.
ANSWERED.
ANSWERED. RECALL AND WE DON'T GET AN
ANSWER.>> THE TRIAL IS LESS
THAN A MONTH AWAY.
IS FACING 35 YEARS THEY HAD A
95% IS A PETITION YOU CAN SIGN
ON A WEBSITE AND SHARE THE
STORY ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND GIVE
AS MUCH ATTENTION AS