Hungarian overstayer dies in Suvarnabhumi detention cell

A 60 year old Hungarian man has died in detention at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi airport. Lazlo Balogh was awaiting deportation for overstaying his visa. Laszlo was handed over to the Suvarnabhumi airport police for repatriation on Saturday, January 25. He showed no unusual signs after being put in the detention cell and was sleeping normally on Saturday night, according to police.

But when they checked again yesterday morning, the man was dead.

“There were no signs of trauma, and doctors believe he died eight hours before the body was discovered.”

The chief of the airport police told reporters the Hungarian embassy had been contacted and a committee has been set up to investigate the police officers on duty. The body is being sent to the Chakri Naruebodindra Medical Institute for an autopsy.

SOURCE: The Bangkok Post | Thai Rath