Burmese man commits suicide in Chon Buri during video call with girlfriend
A Burmese man yesterday committed suicide on a railway track in the Bang Lamung district of Chon Buri during a video call with his girlfriend.
Officers from Bang Lamung Police Station were called to the railway track near Krating Lai Temple yesterday, March 4, to investigate the death of 22 year old Burmese national Maw Asein. He was reported to have been employed as a garbage collector for a private company in the province.
Police reported that Maw Asein’s body was found near a tree at the side of the railway track. He suffered a fatal wound to his head and right ear. It was estimated that he had died at least 12 hours before being discovered.
The first person to find his body was his 20 year old girlfriend. She explained that she had been in a relationship with Maw Asein for eight years. Recently, they argued about their future, as Maw Asein planned to quit his job and return to their home country.
Maw Asein asked his girlfriend whether she would return home with him but she refused, stating that she wanted to continue working and saving money in Thailand.
Feeling dejected, Maw Asein left their shared home at around 3am yesterday. He made a video call to his girlfriend and asked whether she could see the approaching train. The girlfriend revealed that she saw the train’s light before the call was abruptly cut off.
She searched for him until the following morning when she found a flipflop of his at the side of the railway track. She then looked around and spotted his lifeless body near a tree.
Based on the girlfriend’s account and the nature of his injuries, which indicated he had been struck by a train, police concluded the case as a suicide.
In a separate incident, another fatal train accident was reported in the Taling Chan district of Bangkok at midnight today, March 5. The lifeless body of a man, later identified as 47 year old Apichart, was found at the side of the track. He had suffered a severe head wound, and his arms and legs were broken.
The train driver, 51 year old Teerayuth, told Channel 3 that he had left Bang Bumru Train Station and travelled only one kilometre when he saw Apichart lying on the track.
If you or anyone you know is in emotional distress, please contact the Samaritans of Thailand 24-hour hotline: 02 713 6791 (English), 02 713 6793 (Thai), or the Thai Mental Health Hotline at 1323 (Thai). Please also contact your friends or relatives at this time if you have feelings of loneliness, stress, or depression. Seek help.
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