Debt stress leads to lingerie vendor committing suicide at market stall
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 […]
Read MoreMan 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 […]
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