Thread: Phuket suicide and news reports

Edits of two news reports here. Jumping (no pun) to the wrong conclusion, telling the media who then headline it . . .

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1. Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Death plunge victim probably Korean: Phuket Police

PHUKET: Police suspect that a woman who apparently fell to her death from a condo block in Wichit earlier today was Korean.
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Management said the condo was popular with Koreans who took over one another’s contracts, leaving little way of knowing the identities of all residents staying there.

Lt Col Yongyuth turned over the remains of the deceased to Kusoldharm Rescue Foundation workers. It was too early to know from which floor or room the woman fell, he said. It is also unknown if she jumped, was pushed or if she was killed beforehand and thrown from the building in an attempt to hide evidence, he added.

It is hoped that a medical examination of the body will determine the exact cause of death, he said.

Lt Col Yongyuth raised the possibility that the woman could be among the many young Chinese and Korean women smuggled onto the island by human traffickers to work in the sex industry.
Phuket NEWS: Death plunge victim probably Korean: Phuket Police

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2. Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Phuket Police identify body of suicide jumper

PHUKET: Police have identified the woman who committed suicide yesterday by jumping from a Phuket condominium block. The woman was Thai, not Korean as initially speculated.

Phuket City Police Duty Officer Yongyuth Krongmalai identified the deceased as Nantanut Meenoy, 25-year-old owner of the Image Design clothing store on Phun Pol Road Soi 7 in Phuket Town.
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Phuket NEWS: Phuket Police identify body of suicide jumper

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Lt Col Yongyuth - keep your mouth shut till some facts are known next time.
The family must be thrilled at your powers of observation.
I don't suppose the media here have any responsibility re printing 'facts' or otherwise? The woman was Thai, not Chinese or Korean; also she was not smuggled onto the island by human traffickers to work in the sex industry.