Unidentified foreigner’s body found in Saen Saeb Canal

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Unidentified foreigner’s body found in Saen Saeb Canal

 

The body an unidentified foreigner was found floating on Saen Saeb Canal in Bangkok’s Vadhana district on Saturday morning, police said.

 

The Makkasan police station was alerted to the body at 7am. It was spotted about 10 metres away from an international school pier on Soi Sukhumvit 15. 

 

The body was not wearing a shirt or shoes. He wore black trousers without any identification card. He had a facial tattoo and the words “Arsun Ali Sodum” were tattooed on the back of his right wrist. 

 

There were no traces of injuries to the body. Pol Lieutenant Jarit Raosathien, deputy inspector of the police station, said the man’s nationality could not yet be determined. 

 

He said the man might have accidentally fallen into the canal, as there were no traces of injuries. The body was sent for an autopsy at the Police Hospital.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30337880

 

 

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[wirat69]

Drowning in Saen Saeb would have to be one of the most horrible ways to go. I suspect you would be subject to more microbes and disease than if you swam in the Nile!!

[cardinalblue]

At least he took off his shirt before he took his midnight swim...

[maxcorrigan]

4 hours ago, wirat69 said:

Drowning in Saen Saeb would have to be one of the most horrible ways to go. I suspect you would be subject to more microbes and disease than if you swam in the Nile!!

Or in the sea off Beach Road Pattaya!

[dunroaming]

If his name was the same as the words on his wrist then a rather unfortunate surname I would have thought