Phuket

Broken-hearted man hangs himself

Published

19 years ago

Friday, July 12, 2002

PHUKET TOWN: A young man committed suicide by hanging himself from a beam because his boyfriend had left him for a woman, police said today. Pol Capt Chokechai Suttimake, of Phuket Town Police Station, said the body of Thanuthong Patchim, 21, was found in his house in Tambon Rassada by neighbors on Wednesday morning. He added that K. Thanuthong had left a suicide note in which he apologized for committing suicide. The letter also described his sadness over his boyfriend leaving him for a woman, and at the fact that he did not have enough money to go back home to Isan to visit relatives. The body was taken to Wachira Hospital for an autopsy before being released to relatives.

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