Phuket beach vendor found hanged

PHUKET: A 25 year old man was found hanged at his rented house in Phuket this morning.

Thalang Police named the deceased as Apichart Aoonkaew, a vendor on Nai Yang and Na Thon beaches.

A relative discovered the body at the house in Thalang at about 9:30am when he entered the room to wake Mr Apichart for work, police said.

Mr Apichart watched television until 3am and then went to bed, but had given no indication that he was depressed or would take his own life, relatives said.

Police estimate the time of death death at about 5:30am.

Relatives also told police that Mr Apichart had had a foreign girlfriend, but they did not know her nationality.

— Wichai Witthaya