Pattaya: Pensioner dies in "penthouse" swimming pool on his birthday

 

Pattaya Update News

 

Pattaya Update News reported that a 73 years old foreigner was found dead in a penthouse swimming pool in Soi Kasetsin, Bang Lamung late last night. 

 

Documents showed it was his birthday. 

 

The man was floating in the pool when Pol Lt Naret Phumsuk of the Pattaya police arrived at 11.30 pm. 

 

A diver retrieved the body from the pool. It was thought that he had been dead between 3 and 5 hours. 

 

There were no signs of injury to the body. 

 

Mayuree Saengkratoke, 41, said that she heard a woman scream and rushed to the pool where she found Mr Power still and drowned. 

 

She said he was a man who had many illnesses and lived alone. 

 

Police discovered from his ID that he had been born 1946. 

 

The media described him as coming from Iceland. 

 

Thaivisa notes that confusing Iceland and Ireland is common in Thailand. Efforts by our reporter to ascertain his true nationality have been unsuccessful. 

 

Source: Pattaya Update News

 

 

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35 minutes ago, webfact said:

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It's sad that you have to remind people to be civil...

R.I.P.

RIP Bloke

R.I.P. Our dear friend was from Ireland  not Iceland. 

She said he was a man who had many illnesses and lived alone. 

 

That describes millions of people. Let the autopsy reveal what happened.

 

RIP

2 hours ago, looking for LIFE insurance said:

It's sad that you have to remind people to be civil...

It is sad and I put it down to the "me, me, me/electronic devices/social media society" we live in. No compassion is needed when you're safely behind the keyboard to make your comments because they know there can be no repercussions; most of the people making crude comments wouldn't say it to people's faces.

R.I.P.  septuagenarian man from the North Atlantic.

 

Maybe best to have an "Obituary" section on ThaiVisa so when people pass on alone or in a "normal" way we do not get conspiracy theorists chiming in on possible motives and mischief involved

2 hours ago, Skallywag said:

R.I.P.  septuagenarian man from the North Atlantic.

 

Maybe best to have an "Obituary" section on ThaiVisa so when people pass on alone or in a "normal" way we do not get conspiracy theorists chiming in on possible motives and mischief involved

This is not such a bad idea, at least the expats who are living alone and pass away will be be able to be know and not just be anonymous. Hopefully they will have relatives. 

Was he Expat or tourist R.I.P

His name John Gerard Power.

 

maybe TVF know him, or know if Ireland name, or Iceland name.

 

 

RIP Mr. John

1 hour ago, Yinn said:

His name John Gerard Power.

 

maybe TVF know him, or know if Ireland name, or Iceland name.

 

 

RIP Mr. John

Ireland name.

14 hours ago, webfact said:

Thaivisa notes that confusing Iceland and Ireland is common in Thailand.

Lol

It doesn't look like a penthouse pool.

RIP Mr Power.

16 hours ago, Benmart said:

R.I.P. Our dear friend was from Ireland  not Iceland. 

they do not know where these places ARE??!!!

4 hours ago, essox essox said:

they do not know where these places ARE??!!!

To be fair, in the UK, many confuse Thailand and Taiwan.

 

Dying at 74, in a penthouse pool in Thailand, at night, probably not alone.  That's a better way to check out than many of us can expect.  ????

 

RIP, hope you went with a smile on your face.

5 minutes ago, DefaultName said:

To be fair, in the UK, many confuse Thailand and Taiwan.

 

 

 

In US also.

2 minutes ago, Sheryl said:

 

In US also.

In the US, less than 20% of the population can accurately fill in all 50 states correctly on a blank map.

I might get a few wrong  myself. It's a very large country.

 

Would most Brits be able to fill in all the counties of the UK correctly?

19 hours ago, Sheryl said:

I might get a few wrong  myself. It's a very large country.

 

Would most Brits be able to fill in all the counties of the UK correctly?

Hardly, they keep moving them around, changing names and creating new ones for political reasons. That doesn't happen with USA States. 

im sorry you went out this way, man.

 

but, then and again, there aint really any good way to hear the news.

 

i hope your life was a good one and worth the effort.

On 10/17/2019 at 3:56 PM, legend49 said:

She said he was a man who had many illnesses and lived alone. 

 

That describes millions of people. Let the autopsy reveal what happened.

 

RIP

She wasn't providing a conclusion on the cause of his death, she was making an informed observation, that's all!

Edited October 19, 20196 yr by Just Weird

RIP. 

23 hours ago, Sheryl said:

I might get a few wrong  myself. It's a very large country.

 

Would most Brits be able to fill in all the counties of the UK correctly?

The problem would be is Rutland a county? Also as there are no county borders and the car license plates are all the same. It is difficult to know exactly where one is.

Edited October 19, 20196 yr by VocalNeal

On 10/18/2019 at 1:43 PM, Sheryl said:

I might get a few wrong  myself. It's a very large country.

 

Would most Brits be able to fill in all the counties of the UK correctly?

England yes. However Wales, Scotland and N Ireland? I cant even say most of them let alone pinpoint them on a map.

 

Thats just one Brit. ????????

7 hours ago, Just Weird said:

She wasn't providing a conclusion on the cause of his death, she was making an informed observation, that's all!

kind of like asking a jr high student how to cure cancer mee thinks ????

Rest in peace.

I am from Iceland. When a Thai ask me : Where are you from ? I tell them I am from Denmark. because If I tell them Iceland they say oh Ireland.

Iceland is just to small or far away to be on their map.

Edited October 20, 20196 yr by Travill

21 hours ago, fhickson said:

kind of like asking a jr high student how to cure cancer mee thinks ????

That doesn't surprise me.

15 hours ago, Travill said:

Rest in peace.

I am from Iceland. When a Thai ask me : Where are you from ? I tell them I am from Denmark. because If I tell them Iceland they say oh Ireland.

Iceland is just to small or far away to be on their map.

could also be they are dumb