The Dead Farang Thread

[Marmite the Dog]

When I came back from your place the other week, the driver was struggling to stay awake. Luckily he stopped and had some ya baa (I think). He was a bloody nutter. Next time I'll ask your missus to sort me out a good driver who understands I don't want to die.

[dirtydog]

Saturday, January 21, 2006
Irishman dies in motorcycle crash

NAKALAY: Paul Dooley from County Cork in the Republic of Ireland died of head injuries at around 2 am on Wednesday, January 18, after a motorcycle crash on the Kalim-Kamala road, near the Thavorn Beach Village & Spa. He was 27.

Hélène Fallon-Wood, the Irish Honorary Consul in Phuket, told the Gazette that Mr Dooley had been living in Kamala for around three months, after having spent some time on Koh Samui. She said that he had planned to make Phuket his home.

Ms Fallon-Wood said that, according to the police report of the accident, Mr Dooley’s motorcycle left the road on a bend on a recently relaid stretch of road, and he collided head-first with what police described as “rocks in a bag on the grass verge”.

Mr Dooley’s brother arrived in Phuket today to take his remains back to Ireland.


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[dirtydog]

French tourist drowns off Samui beach
Published on Feb 06 , 2006




Samui, Surat Thani -A 74-year-old French man drowned at the Chawaeng Beach of this tourist destination island, police said.

Pol Lt Col Theerawat Namsithan, a tourist police officer, said the French tourist drowned at about 6 pm.
He quoted witnesses as saying that the man was swimming when he was swept away by a two-metre-high wave along with a Malaysian man. However, rescuers managed to save the Malaysian tourist in time.



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Monday 6th February 2006

Danish man jumps to his death from the 13th floor of his Apartment block in Jomtien.
We now take you to the Jomtien Paradise Condominium at the far end of Jomtien Beach. Security guards called the Police after a suspected suicide at the location. Police Major Satien from Dongtan Police Sub-station was called in to investigate the case and began with the body of Mr. Jurgen Sondergaard aged 71 from Denmark. His body was lying at the entrance to the underground car park and it was clear that he had jumped from a high floor because of the extensive damage to the body. Police discovered that he is a retired doctor and had come to Thailand with his Wife, Mrs. Mettie Sondergaard. The couple purchased a condo on the 13th Floor and on Monday Morning, Mrs. Sondergaard left the condo alone and had apparently gone to the Nong Nooch Gardens with an organized tour. Mr. Sondergaard decided not to go but decided to go out and buy a ladder. The security guard offered to help him take the ladder up to his room but he declined the assistance. Moments later the man apparently jumped to his death. On the 13th Floor, the man’s walking stick had been left on the floor and the ladder had been opened next to a ledge. Police believe the man simply climbed the ladder, placed himself on the ledge and jumped. Evidence of third party involvement could not be found and Police have recorded the death as a suicide. A suicide letter in Danish language was found inside the man’s pocket and is now being translated. His wife could not offer any explanations as to why he would take his own life.

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Monday 6th February 2006

German man discovered dead inside his Central Pattaya Hotel room.
Police Lieutenant Colonel Manot from Pattaya Police Station was called to the Malibu Show Bar and Guest House on Pattaya Second Road in Central Pattaya to deal with a fatality at the location. Inside room number 403, Police examined the body of Mr. Klaus Nuegebauer aged 63 from Germany who was found slumped in a chair. Evidence of medication including Aspirin suggested he may have been suffering from some form of Heart problem. Police checked the room and found nothing suspicious. Mr. Neugebauer checked-in on 21st January and staff at the Malibu Bar indicated the man drank heavily on a daily basis. On Tuesday Morning, the cleaners entered the room and discovered the corpse. The German Embassy has been informed and a post mortem examination is now underway. Police have recorded the incident as death by natural causes

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Wednesday 8th February 2006

English man dies in his Central Pattaya Apartment.
Police Captain Suriyar from Pattaya Police Station was called to the The Jom Apartments on Pattaya Second Road on Thursday Afternoon to inspect the body of Mr. Raymond Cordinor aged 58 from England who had passed away inside room number 409. Also in the room was his girlfriend, Khun Prapawalin aged 36. She explained that the pair used to stay at the High Five Hotel in front of Soi 8, but had to leave after Mr. Cordinor failed to pay his hotel bill. He then found this room but the hotel had kept his passport until the bill was paid. He was known to be suffering from Diabetes and because of his poor financial situation; it led him to drink heavily which is believed to have contributed towards his death. He will now undergo a post mortem examination under the watchful eyes of the English Embassy in Bangkok.

[barbaro]

Afternoon to inspect the body of Mr. Raymond Cordinor aged 58 from England who had passed away inside room number 409....had to leave after Mr. Cordinor failed to pay his hotel bill....He was known to be suffering from Diabetes and because of his poor financial situation; it led him to drink heavily which is believed to have contributed towards his death.

I think a lot of people go to Pattaya/BKK with the last money they've got to have a good time, with the intention of doing themselves in.

If you're gonna go, you might as well have a smile on your face.

[dirtydog]

Japanese man found dead inside car





Samut Sakhon - A Japanese man was found suffocated inside a rented car in what police believed to be a suicide.

Police were alerted to check the car at 5:30 pm after witnesses saw it parked under a motorist flyover in Samut Sakhon's Muang district since 4 am on Sunday.

Pol Lt col Atthachai Nopphakdee of Tambon Bangthorad police station said police found the body of Hara Akihisa, 48, inside the car whose doors were locked.

The car key was found on the front seat near the man and police also found a tray, where mosquito-repellent sticks had been burnt, inside the car.

Atthachai said the man appeared to die of suffocation after lighting the sticks inside the car.

A record of the car renting showed that he had rented it on Saturday.
The body was sent for an autopsy at the Police's Forensic Medicine Institute.

[Whiteshiva]

Japanese man found dead inside car





Samut Sakhon - A Japanese man was found suffocated inside a rented car in what police believed to be a suicide.

Police were alerted to check the car at 5:30 pm after witnesses saw it parked under a motorist flyover in Samut Sakhon's Muang district since 4 am on Sunday.

Pol Lt col Atthachai Nopphakdee of Tambon Bangthorad police station said police found the body of Hara Akihisa, 48, inside the car whose doors were locked.

The car key was found on the front seat near the man and police also found a tray, where mosquito-repellent sticks had been burnt, inside the car.

Atthachai said the man appeared to die of suffocation after lighting the sticks inside the car.

A record of the car renting showed that he had rented it on Saturday.
The body was sent for an autopsy at the Police's Forensic Medicine Institute.

Death from mosquito coils - I just knew that would be possible. Hate the smell of the things....

[forreachingme]

that coils are produced next to my place !

[dirtydog]

Westerner man found hung on power pole





A man with westerner look was found hanging from a spike of a power pole in the heart of Bangkok Monday morning police said.

Pol Lt Kaweepong Saengruang of Lumpini police station said the man?s body was found hanging with a rope around his neck and a plastic bag over his head at 6:30 am.

He said doctors believed the man who was about 180 centimetres tall and had white skin and brown hair.

He was found hanging from a pole on Duang Pithak Road along the Sukhumvit-Rama 4 expressway.

Police found Bt230 in cash on the man and found three bottles of drinking water, a roll of Sellotape and a 7-Eleven shopping bag.

Kaweepong said police suspected that the man bought the items from a 7-Eleven shop and waited there for a while before hanging himself.
His body was sent to the Police Forensic Medicine Institute for an autopsy.


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[dirtydog]

Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Frenchman found dead in Karon guesthouse

KARON: A Frenchman was found dead in a guesthouse in Karon on Sunday, the victim of an apparent suicide.

Pol Maj Chana Suttimard, of Chalong Police Station, told the Gazette that he received a call from a maid at the Lucky Guesthouse at 11 am after she found the body of Bernard Roger Servel, 61, in one of the rooms.

“The maid told me she knocked on the door and received no answer from inside. She therefore decided to unlock the door. Inside, she found Mr Servel on the bed with a plastic bag covering his head and face.

“Mr Servel’s girlfriend told me that he was rather neurotic and that he had a habit of pulling a plastic bag over his head whenever he was depressed, in a bid for attention,” Maj Chana said.

Police believe that on this occasion, however, he intended to kill himself. Their belief stems from the fact that Mr Servel was taking medication and had recently received 60 sleeping pills from Mission Hospital Phuket. Yet when a search was made of the room, there was no sign of the pills. Police assume that he swallowed them.

The body was sent to Vachira Phuket Hospital to await collection by relatives.


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Monday 27th February 2006

Case investigated and solved. Frenchman murdered inside his View Talay 2 Condo.
Police Major Satien from Dongtan Police Sub-station in Jomtien was called to the View Talay 2 Condo Complex Building B on Saturday afternoon after the discovery of a badly decomposed body of a foreign man inside one of the condos. The alarm was raised by Mr. Edward Portman from England who was friends with the deceased man; Mr. Philippe Maria Louis Sabatier aged 64 from France who had not been seen for more than one week. He went to his friends 4th Floor condo and found the front door was unlocked and then made the gruesome discovery. According to forensic doctors, the body had remained undiscovered for at least one week which is consistent with Mr. Portman’s account and the man had sustained a head injury and electric cable was found around his neck.
The complex’s CCTV pictures were examined and at 5.10pm on 15th February, the victim, a practicing homosexual, was seen walking to his condo with two Thai men. Approximately 45 minutes later, the two Thai men left and appeared hurried as they ran down the corridor to the elevators.
The two were the prime suspects in the murder case and at this point, Pattaya’s Tourist Police joined the investigation and less than 24 hours later the two men were caught. They were identified as Khun Wichien aged 25 and Khun Vee aged 17 who sell sexual services on Pattaya Beach. They were located by Police Lieutenant Colonel Wootishart and his team and were taken back to the Tourist Police Station where they confessed to the murder.
Khun Vee mentioned that his mother was suffering from the latter stages of AIDS and money was urgently required for the continuation of her medical care. Khun Vee continued by saying that the pair stole a Sony Digital Camera, Mobile Phone and mini VCD player which had a combined value of 8,000 Baht.
The two were transferred to Pattaya Polcie Station where they were formally charged with 1st Degree Murder which could see them locked up for many years to come, if convicted of the crimes committed.

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Monday 27th February 2006

American ex-serviceman found dead inside his Central Pattaya Condo.
At around Midday on Monday, Police Lieutenant Colonel Manot from Pattaya Police Station was called to the Roong Far Condominium Complex on the Sukumvit Road in Central Pattaya. A member of staff at the Condo made this gruesome discovery after noticing a foul odor from room number 514/112 which is owned by Mr. Jack Allen Div, a retired US Navy Officer. His decomposing body was found on the sofa. Police checked the room and body and could find nothing suspicious and recorded the case as death by natural causes. They are awaiting the results of a post mortem examination but suspect a heart attack was the cause of the death. The American Embassy in Bangkok has been informed of the death.

[Marmite the Dog]

OK, not in Thailand, but Cambodia is close enough for me.

Taken from Kymer440.com

As most of the readers of 440 will be aware David was murdered on Tuesday evening in what appears to be a robbery gone wrong. I would like to offer my warmest sympathies to David’s family and all of his friends at this very difficult and confusing time. I would also like to wish Jane a speedy recovery and hope that she can find the strength to move past this incident which will have been hugely traumatic experience for her.

David was a caring guy, who was liked by all who knew him and I’m sure that everyone who was friends with David are finding this tragic event as difficult to make sense of as I am myself.

David died saving Jane’s life, a selfless act which is not a surprise to those who knew him and an insight into the kind of person David was for those of you who didn’t.

I’ve known David for over two years now, and Ginger Monkey has been my second home from the first day I walked through its doors until now. In the time I have known David, many things have changed in my life; I have gone from being a carefree bachelor to a self-employed husband and father with all the worries that these things bring, but going to the Ginger Monkey for a drink and a chat with friends of whom I’m glad to say David was one has remained a constant amongst the sea of change in my life.

Many of you may have seen the movie Sliding Doors, it’s a story which addresses the subject of how what appears to be a single mundane event of little consequence can change the course of a persons life for the better or worse, in the case of the movie it is whether a woman misses a train that she catches everyday, the movie then goes on to show the chain of events that are the results of both of these possible scenarios. The Ginger Monkey and David were my train and I often wonder if several positive events in my life would have come to pass without their presence which has indirectly changed my life. I previously looked back on such events in my life and those of others with a sense of romance, analyzing the infinite ‘what if’ scenarios of consequence and fate, but yesterdays event reminded me of the sometimes cruel hand fate can deal, I think as of yesterday my romantic association with fate will be replaced by the bitter sweet taste that’s life.

The Ginger Monkey is a hugely popular place with devout regulars and tourists combined, whenever my brother and his young twenty something and single friends were in Phnom Penh; a town with so many vices to distract misguided youth, to my surprise the first place they always wanted to go was the Monkey; a bar which clearly leaves a mark on people. As time goes by I think people will realize that the bar is nothing more than bricks and mortar; the real mark was in fact left by Dave and I’m sure that the mark he left was strong enough to ensure his Monkey’s continuing success.

David was to bar owning what Jeremy Clarkson is to car reviewing and Ray Charles was to soul; you just can’t envisage them doing anything else as they are so accomplished at their trade, it is as if they were designed for this very purpose. Apart from David’s favorite hobbies of pool, drinking, scrabble and breaking his computer he was also one of the most social people I knew with the ability to strike up a conversation with anyone and everyone, with these skills he plied his chosen trade with the skill and finesse of a master. It is such a shame that this terrible event has taken place especially on the back of recent successes such as being listed in the Lonely Planet and winning the Phnom Penh bar of the year award. An award that I think should now be named after him.

As proof to the lasting mark that David leaves on people is an event that took place last year; David was walking along the riverside on an afternoon as he often did, when from the other side of the street he heard someone shout ‘Fidget’, this was David’s school nickname he was given on account of his energetic and restless nature, when he looked he saw a guy who he didn’t recognize, the stranger then crossed the street and introduced himself, it turned out this was a person who had gone to junior school with David and had remembered David so vividly that when he saw him 20 years and several thousand miles later he recognized him with the confidence to scream his name across a crowded Phnom Penh street. I’m sure the memory of David will remain in the memories of all who knew with equal strength for many, many years to come.

Rest in Peace.

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Monday 27th February 2006

American ex-serviceman found dead inside his Central Pattaya Condo.
At around Midday on Monday, Police Lieutenant Colonel Manot from Pattaya Police Station was called to the Roong Far Condominium Complex on the Sukumvit Road in Central Pattaya. A member of staff at the Condo made this gruesome discovery after noticing a foul odor from room number 514/112 which is owned by Mr. Jack Allen Div, a retired US Navy Officer. His decomposing body was found on the sofa. Police checked the room and body and could find nothing suspicious and recorded the case as death by natural causes. They are awaiting the results of a post mortem examination but suspect a heart attack was the cause of the death. The American Embassy in Bangkok has been informed of the death.

Strange how often they give the actual room numbers of the places where people are found dead. Considering the locals' fear of ghosts, I guess this condo, and others like it, will be hard to sell.....

[dirtydog]

Friday, March 3, 2006
Japanese tourist dies while diving

KOH RACHA YAI: Japanese tourist Akira Egoshi, 24, died while diving in Siam Bay, off Koh Racha Yai, on Wednesday.

Pol Maj Chana Sutthimas, an Inspector with the Chalong Police, told the Gazette that a tour party of 11 Japanese tourists led by four dive masters from Kata Diving Co Ltd left Chalong Pier aboard the dive boat Laddawan 5 at 8:20 am, bound for Koh Racha Yai.

“The crew of Laddawan 5 called in at about 4 pm to report that a diver was missing,” he said. “At that time, their divers were still looking for him.”

Maj Chana said that it seemed Mr Egoshi had swam away from the rest of the divers and had become snagged on a rock. Unable to free himself, he had run out of oxygen.

Marine Police responded to the Laddawan 5 crew’s call for help and launched a search for Mr Egoshi, Maj Chana said.

“His body was found and taken to Vachira Phuket Hospital, where it was identified. We are continuing our investigation into the incident,” he added.

The Gazette made repeated attempts today to contact senior management at Kata Dive Co Ltd but without success.

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Hmmmm, they got divers using oxygen to dive with now? he must have been as high as a kite

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Monday 13th March 2006

Russian man discovered dead inside his View Talay 2 Condo.
The View Talay 2 Condominium complex in Jomtien is quickly becoming a hot-spot for news stories and we take you there once again. This time Police Lieutenant Colonel Chaleumgiet from Dongtan Polcie sub-station was called to the 14th Floor to deal with a foreign fatality. Inside room number 433/764 was the body of Mr. Andrey Chernov aged 36 from Russia. Police checked the room and body for signs of a suspicious death and could find nothing. Friends of the dead man were also in the room and were puzzled as to why he passed away. He was in apparent good health and did not have a medical history according to their police statements. The body was removed by the Sawang Boriboon Rescue Foundation and an autopsy is now underway to determine the exact cause of death, which, for now, remains a mystery

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Tuesday 14th March 2006

American man discovered dead inside his Soi Beokow apartment.
Police Major Sompon from Pattaya Police Station was called to the Dolphin Guest House in Soi Beokeow in the early hours of Tuesday Morning to investigate the death of an American man inside one of the rooms. The dead man is Mr. Edward Hadjys aged 54 an American ex-serviceman. His body was discovered by the Guest House Manageress who explained that the man was an avid diver and had failed to appear for a booked diving trip. Around the room were various medications for pain relief; however a specific medical condition could not be determined. Sexual enhancement drugs were also found. The body was checked for signs of foul play and nothing could be found. The body was taken away for a post mortem examination to allow pathologists to determine the exact cause of death. The American Embassy in Bangkok has been informed of the case and are monitoring the situation closely.

[diaw]

Hell DD, seems like a lot of folks choose Thailand to 'check out'... gruesome...

[Marmite the Dog]

Hell DD, seems like a lot of folks choose Thailand to 'check out'... gruesome...

How's things over at Ajarn, Diaw?

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Saturday 1st April 2006

Man thought to be of Indian Origin jumps to his death off the roof of a South Pattaya Hotel.
Police Major General Sondaert, the Deputy Commander of Police for Region 2, who was in Pattaya on official business, made his way to the Sawasdee Court Hotel in Soi 10, off Pattaya Second Road after receiving information of a possible suicide which had just taken place at the location. He arrived to find the body of a man who was not carrying any forms of identification but was thought to be of Indian origin. The hotel refused to release any further information about the man. He was thought to have jumped from the top floor and we understand he broke open a fire exit door leading to the roof. Police discovered a pair of men’s shoes by the roof edge thought to belong to the deceased. Police are confident that a third party was not involved in the apparent suicide and are now conducting further investigations into the man to determine a possible motive for the suicide.

[The Gent]

When the time comes for me to check out, I told the old lady to gather up the ashes after I go down the chute at my local Wat and bury them in Tescos parking lot. That way I'll know she'll vist me every day...

[Goddess of Whatever]

I read local newspaper yesterday, there's news about a French guy who died because of 3 girls who he took them to his room, made him sleep and took all his valued (worthy) stuff. Maybe that drug was too much then he died. Ohh.. he's around 50 something.

[Marmite the Dog]

I read local newspaper yesterday, there's news about a French guy who died because of 3 girls who he took them to his room, made him sleep and took all his valued (worthy) stuff. Maybe that drug was too much then he died. Ohh.. he's around 50 something.

Do the police know where the girls are? Aparently, there's a reward and some medals to be issued.