Covid-19 desperation: Thai woman, 19, draws picture of Thai PM and blames him for her troubles - then hangs herself

 

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A nineteen year old Thai woman drew a picture of Thailand's Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha and blamed him and his government and their actions during the coronavirus pandemic.

 

She said she didn't even have money for her nine month old's milk. 

 

She then posted her drawing on Facebook and hanged herself. 

 

Plaifon or "Kate" was found hanging in a room in Bang Khae that she had shared with her new husband for about a year. 

 

Wichai from Pattani had just come home from his shift as head of a security team on Tuesday morning. 

 

He said that his wife had not been eligible for 5,000 baht government handouts and had complained about missing her son and not having money to help with his care. 

 

She was a security guard but had been unable to work because of illness and had not received any money. 

 

Yesterday her mother Sudarat, 42, went to pick up her daughter's body from Sirirat Hospital so that a three day cremation could be held in Chachoengsao.

 

She said her daughter went to live in Bangkok where she lived with her new husband. She had a nine year old boy called Nong Kla who was left in the care of relatives back in her hometown. 

 

She visited regularly but due to the pandemic had not been for a month. 

 

She said that her daughter was someone who kept her feelings to herself and her suicide came as a terrible shock. She had asked her over the phone if she had money and she said that she had, noted the mother.

 

Sources: Daily News | Daily News

 

 

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Suicide in vain: Young woman did get her cash handout

By The Nation

 

 

A woman who hanged herself on the morning of April 28 after posting a sketch of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha with a message complaining about being rejected for the Bt5,000 handout, did receive the cash after all.

 

Chachoengsao-based Plaifon Amsarika, 19, won public sympathy and prompted criticism of the government on April 22 when she posted her drawing of Prayut with a message lamenting that her application for the handout had been rejected and that she was suffering serious financial hardships.

 

However, her boyfriend said Plaifon had health problems and had previously tried to harm herself due to anxiety, which worsened recently due to the pandemic.

 

Plaifon had applied for the handout on April 16, though her approval was slightly delayed because she had not provided her social security information.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30387075

 

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