Italian passport belonged to 37 year old male, stolen August 2013, his parents have confirmed story also. Austrian passport belonged to 30 year old male, stolen 2 years ago. Both stolen in Thailand.
Hmmm... I can envision the combined efforts of the Italian and Malaysian bureaucracies not quite being sufficient to get that piece of information into the KLIA immigration computers in the elapsed time, after all there was Hari Raya, Christmas, Chinese New Year plus a dozen assorted other holidays to prevent these otherwise dedicated and efficient civil servants from performing their tasks. However the Austrian passport SHOULD have been spotted after 2 years...
could these just be from tankers?? ships etc?
Yes, in fact more likely. Dumping at sea is unfortunately a common practice, especially in that part of the world.