A LINGERIE vendor stressed out over financial problems which she blamed on the slow economy hanged herself at her stall in a Trang City market today (Jan. 27), Naewna newspaper and Amarin TV said. At around 12.30 p.m. Pol. Lt. Col. Taweesak Rodrak, the investigating officer at Trang City police station, was alerted of
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Man slashes two to death then hangs self in land grab row
A THAI man furious at two people for reporting him to the authorities for encroaching on forest land slashed them to death with his knife then hanged himself in lower northern Phetchabun province today (June 15), Amarin TV said. Pol. Lt. Thiansin Chaidetkun, an investigator on duty at Phetchabun City police station, quickly took
Read moreHeartbroken teen boy commits suicide
A LOVELORN 15-year-old Thai teenage boy died after shooting himself in the chest today (June 8) leaving a handwritten letter to bring his former girlfriend to him because he loved her very much, TV Channel 7 said this evening. At 2.22 p.m. Pol. Col. Achirawat Thavorncharoenwat, superintendent of Nakhon Pathom City police station, and
Read moreSickly woman hangs self after daughter scolds her
A WOMAN suffering from Parkinson’s disease hanged herself after calling her daughter who she missed but was again severely scolded for doing so, Amarin TV said this evening (May 22). At 2.20 p.m. Pol. Lt. Warinthon Sotawong, deputy chief for investigation at Huai Luang subdistrict police station in Udon Thani, was informed of a
Read moreForeigner badly injured in suicide attempt
A FOREIGN MAN, believed to be British, has been left with serious injuries after plunging from a Pattaya condo balcony despite an official spending three hours trying to talk him out of taking his own life, TV Channel 7 said this afternoon (Aug. 16). At 11 a.m. today Pol. Col. Aphinan Boontharat, an investigator
Read moreKorean couple commit suicide in Phuket after business failure
A KOREAN couple who ran a cosmetics and beauty products store in Phuket’s Karon subdistrict were today (July 12) found hanged at their shophouse in what police believe was a suicide after their business collapsed, Amarin TV said. Pol. Lt. Col. Ekasak Kwanwan, an inspector at Karon police station, rushed to the three-story shophouse
Read moreWoman stressed out about debts jumps to her death
A WOMAN who was stressed out about debts and pressured by her creditors to pay up everyday jumped to her death at a high-rise building downtown Bangkok with her body only found 12 hours later today (Mar. 31), TV Channel 7 said. Pol. Lt. Col. Siriphong Lapanich, an inspector at Thong Lor police station,
Read moreStressed out woman saved from jumping down a building over lack of bail money
A WOMAN who was stressed out over being unable to raise 400,000 baht to bail out her Indian husband sat at the edge of an apartment balcony for nine hours threatening to jump down with police doing their best to persuade her to come back in but it was her brother who was finally
Read moreHeavily pregnant woman saved from charcoal-burning suicide attempt
A WOMAN just days away from giving birth to her baby was saved while attempting to commit suicide by burning a charcoal stove in her sedan at northern Nan province today (Dec. 30), Amarin TV said. At 3 p.m. the unidentified 31-year-old woman’s older sister flooded various social media platforms with messages asking for
Read moreBody of Indian man who jumped into river after killing ex-girlfriend found
THE BODY of a heart-broken Indian man who jumped in Bang Pakong river after killing his former girlfriend at a Pattaya hotel was found this morning (Nov. 21), TV Channel 7 said. At 1 a.m. today a police team started searching for the 36-year-old unidentified Indian man after finding the body of his 25-year-old
Read moreCaptain of ‘Wild Boars’ football team killed himself at UK school, coroner rules
By BBC and Thai Newsroom THE CAPTAIN of the “Wild Boars” youth football team trapped in a cave for several days in 2018 took his own life while at school in the UK, a coroner has ruled. The deceased 17-year-old youth. Duangphet Phromthep, or Dom, headed a team of 12 young footballers who together
Read moreManager kills self after owner files theft charge
THE STRESSED OUT manager of a window film installation shop shot himself dead in front of the business premises after the owner filed a theft charge against him, Sanook.com said this afternoon (June 25). Pol. Maj. Wirasak Phiphit, an investigator at Bang Khun Thian police station, rushed to the shop on Bang Bon 2
Read moreGas suicide ruled in death of Indian man at Pattaya resort
PATTAYA police have initially ruled that an Indian man found gassed to death at a resort with his hands and feet tied to a chair had committed suicide, Naewna newspaper said late last night (June 21). At 9.30 p.m. on Tuesday June 20, Pol. Col. Thanaphong Phothi, superintendent of Pattaya police station, and his
Read more‘Big Joke’: Some people bought cyanide to commit suicide
POLICE investigation shows that a factory that sold cyanide to serial killings suspect Ms. Sararat Rangsiwutthaporn, or Am, had also sold some bottles to traders who in turn sold them to the general public with around nine to ten of the buyers having used it to commit suicide, Naewna newspaper said this evening (May
Read moreMan saved from jumping down from BTS Asoke station
AT around 7 a.m. this morning (May 11) a man climbed over and crouched at the edge of BTS Asoke station fence seemingly getting ready to kill himself by jumping down but was stopped from doing so by station staff and firemen who finally managed to rescue him, Matichon newspaper quoted FM91 Trafficpro radio
Read moreYoung engineer commits suicide over road construction corruption
A 27-YEAR-OLD engineer who was found dead in his pickup truck revealed in his suicide note that he had been pressured by higher authorities in Nong Bua Lamphu province to collect bribes from a contractor who built sub-standard roads, Sanook.com said today (Nov. 28). A police team from Mueang Khon Kaen police station who
Read moreJapanese man commits harakiri in Chiang Mai
A STRESSED-OUT Japanese man was found to have committed suicide by disemboweling himself at a large house he shared with a Japanese family in Chiang Mai today (Nov. 27), Thai Rath newspaper said. At 8.25 a.m. Pol. Lt. Danurat Kantiya, an investigator at Maejo police station, San Sai district, was alerted of a foreigner
Read moreNinth grader falls from school building in Korat, fourth case this year
A NINTH GRADE student in Nakhon Ratchasima province (Korat) died after falling from a building of a top high school in Mueang district last evening (Nov. 10) with this being the fourth such case in this province this year, Matichon newspaper said today. The school was closed today to mourn for the unidentified 14-year-old
Read moreMan kills girlfriend, himself after wedding talks fails
A YEAR-LONG relationship between a 62-year-old-man and his 39-year-old girlfriend ended in tragedy during a discussion about a betrothal ceremony with the man shooting her to death then himself, Matichon newspaper said this evening (Sept. 10). Pol.Lt. Col. Pongphan Khiaosai, duty officer at Kut Rang police station, Maha Sarakham province, rushed to a cassava
Read moreStressed out banker found stabbed to death
A FINANCIAL adviser of major bank was found stabbed to death in his sedan today (August 27) with police investigating whether it was murder or suicide, Matichon newspaper said. At 11.30 a.m. Bang Kruai police station in Nonthaburi province was alerted that a man was found dead in a car parked at Nakhon In
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