Thread: Phuket hero lawyer in apparent suicide

Phuket hero lawyer in apparent suicide

Rescue workers remove Mr Supachai's remains from his Rassada home.

Sunday, January 16, 2011
PHUKET: A lawyer who specialized in defending poor villagers in land rights cases has been found dead in an apparent case of suicide.

The body of Supachai Singjan, 54, was found hanging by the neck from a door in his apartment in Rassada sub-district yesterday.

Mr Supachai apparently tied a bedsheet to his neck, looped it over the door and bent his knees until he was dead.

A citizen alerted Phuket City Police duty officer Kittiphum Thinthalang to the discovery around midday.

Police found no sign of injury on Mr Supachai's body except around the neck, which was bruised.

There was no sign of struggle inside the apartment, police said.

Kusoldharm Foundation rescue workers sent Mr Supachai's body to the hospital, where doctors will attempt to determine the exact cause of death.

After questioning friends and relatives, police have established that on the morning of his death Mr Supachai went out to buy food and greeted his neighbours as normal. Those who saw him said he showed no signs of being suicidal.

Nevertheless, his younger brother told police that Mr Supachai “thought a lot about everything”.

As a result he was constantly under stress when he was on his own – the help he had given to villagers had not helped him, he said.

While evidence at the scene suggested suicide, police have not ruled out the possibility Mr Supachai was murdered.

For more than 20 years, Mr Supachai defended poor villagers in land-rights cases – without remuneration. He won many cases, and made many enemies in the process.

Police are considering the possibility that this angered an influential person who ordered Mr Supachai's killing.

Mr Supachai's death will sadden many in Phuket who respected him for his selfless work helping the island's poorest communities.

Nevertheless, his younger brother told police that Mr Supachai “thought a lot about everything”.

Ah yes, that would blow the fuses of most Thais.

Originally Posted by genghis61

went out to buy food and greeted his neighbours as normal

Of course it was murder, People dont go out and buy food then kill themselfs.

Originally Posted by genghis61

Mr Supachai apparently tied a bedsheet to his neck, looped it over the door and bent his knees until he was dead.

Near on impossible to do I would think

Another one 'suicided'

Originally Posted by Rigger

Near on impossible to do I would think

agreed

plus the rather startling fact that even though the police would be easily served to wrap this one up as suicide they are thinking of other angles .

Yet another 'unusual' death in Phuket and yet again it is land related....

Everything to live for....so suicide..!

Originally Posted by Mid

Originally Posted by Rigger

Near on impossible to do I would think

agreed

Complete and utter nonsense.

It's called partial hanging.

Hanging

See first paragraph and continuation roughly half way down the page.

cremation ceremony at the temple
should draw a large gathering
lets hope they get the murderers.
mafia investigating the mafia tho
seems unlikely.
om mani padmi aum.
RIP.

Originally Posted by Rigger

Originally Posted by genghis61

went out to buy food and greeted his neighbours as normal

Of course it was murder, People dont go out and buy food then kill themselfs.

Originally Posted by genghis61

Mr Supachai apparently tied a bedsheet to his neck, looped it over the door and bent his knees until he was dead.

Near on impossible to do I would think

good point.

It can be done, I've seen it in my early days as a policeman. Usually though when a bed sheet is used it's in a jail because no rope or quicker method is available. Makes little sense to do it that way if he had other options since a rope would probably be much quicker.

And yes, many hanging suicides are not fully hanging and many are by accident (David Carradine style).

^^and^I am sure that it must a source of great pride to be come an expert at methods and success rates of suicide..

I never knew anything about it until today. Of course 1 minute of research on a topic one knows nothing about, yet feel compelled to comment factually on, is a bit too much to ask of many, evidently given this thread.

^Well, what ever floats your boat on a Sunday night. Me, I'm off to watch the football.

20 minutes left. 2-2.

The real game doesn't begin for 1 1/2 hrs. See you down Suckhumvit.

Originally Posted by Chairman Mao

20 minutes left. 2-2.

The real game doesn't begin for 1 1/2 hrs. See you down Suckhumvit.

Actually it ended 0-0 and I watched it in Soi Long Puuen. It was a real game too!