Goinghomesoon

The Essex Live (their local paper) and while much of the info is from the JustGiving page it also has a statement from FCDO in the last paragraph "We are supporting the family of a British man who has died in Thailand and we are in contact with the local authorities." www.essexlive.news/news/essex-news/essex-dad-dies-after-going-9917977?utm_source=mynewsassistant.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=embedded_search_item_desktop

Media is now reporting that Mr Sangwine has been found deceased, with a statement from UK FCDO confirming they are assisting family. No matter the choices someone makes in life, a death is always terrible for his family. RIP Mr Sangwine.

His family have posted online (on their Missing Persons FB page in their home town) that Mr Sangwine has struggled with poor mental health recently and his mother paid for his ticket to go and visit his friend. Let's hope he's just having some down time and chilling.

Yes the do investigate, if the family lodges a formal missing persons report - seems odd that the partner claims to have reported direct to the RTP though, as she is in the UK. Normal process is for your family to report to local police (ie: she would report in the UK) then they pass it into Interpol, which pushes it into the RTP system. If requested by the family the Embassy could ask for update from RTP, but consular staff aren't law enforcement and don't have any remit to conduct searches in Thailand. There's always a chance he's been arrested or hospitalised and has withheld permission for his family to be advised of his situation. That certainly happens, but in most cases the Thai media eventually gets hold of the information and the families find out anyway.

15 years a member and I miss many of the “regulars” especially from our Women’s forum. I really dislike the current format on my phone so I rarely pop in anymore. Advertisement after advertisement. So annoying.