Student, 17, throws himself off school balcony because mum didn't show for Mother's Day ceremony

 

Image: Thai Rath

 

Thai media reported that a 17 year old boy at a Sisaket school jumped five floors to his death on Friday. 

 

Jaruwit Janthet or "Ome" survived the fall but died later in hospital from his severe injuries. 

 

Muang Sisaket police led by Pol Capt Jemrak Sosorn found a large crowd of teachers and students milling about. 

 

The boy had already been taken to hospital. A teacher called Apiwut Thongthai, 51, said that from a distance of 100 meters he had seen the boy go up in the new building to the fifth floor. He yelled for him to stop but couldn't prevent him jumping. 

 

A fellow student in M5 called Wiphawinee Bunma, 16, said she also saw him going up into the building that had just been constructed but was powerless to stop him. 

 

Apiwut said that Ome was a quiet boy with an illness who did not speak to people or get involved in the society of the school.

 

Police said that his parents had split up. They surmised that he was upset after his mother failed to show up for a Mother's Day ceremony at the school on Friday.

 

She was apparently busy. 

 

Despite the efforts of doctors Ome was pronounced dead later in hospital, reported Thai Rath. 

 

Thailand celebrates Mother's Day on Sunday, the birthday of Her Majesty Queen Sirikit.

 

Source: Thai Rath

 

 

-- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2018-08-11

12 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

Apiwut said that Ome was a quiet boy with an illness who did not speak to people or get involved in the society of the school. 

Very sad story. Tragic that one so young, with his whole life ahead of him felt so insecure and alone that he felt the need to do this.

RIP young man.

A boy with personality issues being introvert person who doesn't let it out or socialise with others and dire consequences are soon to manifest themselves in self harming...

A long term solution to a short term issue. Very SAD  RiP

RIP to the young man. My wife says her mother never showed up either, too busy working to provide food for the table.

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It seems a bit of an overreaction. 

Mental illness happens all over the world, sometimes I think they are better off bowing out early.

1 hour ago, rooster59 said:

Police said that his parents had split up. They surmised that he was upset after his mother failed to show up for a Mother's Day ceremony at the school on Friday.

The police here do a lot of surmising.

The lad had mental issues, there could be many reasons for his actions, but now the mother has been blamed.

It seems that the Asian schools are not up to the western standards of having a school counselor... pity there is a lot we need to learn from the West! 

2 minutes ago, pmh2009 said:

It seems that the Asian schools are not up to the western standards of having a school counselor... pity there is a lot we need to learn from the West! 

Things like this also happen in the West .

Numerous massacres in the USA

Very sad. RIP.

1 hour ago, pmh2009 said:

It seems that the Asian schools are not up to the western standards of having a school counselor... pity there is a lot we need to learn from the West! 

Western kids commit suicide. Pity that you think you are superior from a superior place. 

Very sad. RIP young man

Condolences to his family

It's not true that he jumped because his mother didn't show up for a ceremony. He had been my student last year and he had some mental issues. There was no ceremony where mothers were invited, a bit different from primary schools. 

 

  His parent's relationship might have been one more reason for him to jump. Really sad is that other students made a movie and photos, instead of helping him, and doing all to prevent him from jumping. It's also very tasteless that a lot of video footage is posted on certain web pages. 

 

 My condolences to his family and friends. May he rest in peace. 

1 hour ago, pmh2009 said:

It seems that the Asian schools are not up to the western standards of having a school counselor... pity there is a lot we need to learn from the West! 

The school has more than 4,000 students and I'm sure that this would also have happened with a school counsellor. 

7 hours ago, darksidedog said:

Very sad story. Tragic that one so young, with his whole life ahead of him felt so insecure and alone that he felt the need to do this.

RIP young man.

And even more tragic is the fact that quite a lot more teenagers in Isaan seem to be in a similar situation where life doesn't seem to make sense anymore, drugs and alcohol only make it worse. Unfortunately, does it look like the four-year junta has got a lot to do with it. He somehow forgot the poor. 

Another sad story from Thailand. Sounds like a kid with serious mental health issues ... you’ll never quite know what triggered him that day. 

1 minute ago, AlexRich said:

Another sad story from Thailand. Sounds like a kid with serious mental health issues ... you’ll never quite know what triggered him that day. 

Sad is that we are only told that certain students are autistic, which is not always true. 

Jaruwit's nickname wasn't  "Ome", his nickname was "Kitt". Rest in Peace, Kitt ?

RIP, hope the parents get over it, condolences to them. Mental illness is no laughing matter

On ‎8‎/‎11‎/‎2018 at 11:24 AM, ezzra said:

A boy with personality issues being introvert person who doesn't let it out or socialise with others and dire consequences are soon to manifest themselves in self harming...

Always a bright ray of sunshine ain't ya.

RIP to the lad and condolences to his parents.

On 8/11/2018 at 5:59 PM, jenny2017 said:

 He had been my student last year and he had some mental issues.

Sorry to hear that, I hope you're doing ok. 

As teachers we try to foster a positive and happy environment for these kids but we can only do so much, particularly when there are major problems with a students family life.

My heartfelt condolences to you. It's always difficult when a little one passes away.