Thai woman in Kamala suicide

PATONG: Police were called to the Kamala home of a retired Western businessman yesterday after receiving a report that his girlfriend had committed suicide. Pol Lt Col Suchert Supmee told the Gazette that they found the body of 26-year-old Wannapa Pasom, from Nakhon Phanom, hanging by the neck from a belt attached to window security bars in the bathroom. The body was discovered by the former businessman when he returned home. Police estimated she had been dead for about six hours. The couple had been living together for about ten months, police said, and no foul play was suspected.