Jobless man, abandoned by wife, kills himself

By THE NATION

 

 

In a suspected case of suicide, a man was found hanged from a tree in Chiang Mai province after the Covid-19 crisis left him jobless and his wife left him with their six-month-old child.

 

 

The man, identified as Thanakrit, lived in Mae On district, with the baby after his wife had left him. On May 31, he left his house without his purse and medicine. His father said Thanakrit told him he wanted to calm himself down.

 

He was found later hanged from a tree in a local forest. His phone, motorcycle and ID card were found at the scene.

 

The man is thought to have been dead for a week or longer, according to his physical condition.

 

His funeral was held on Friday (June 12), afternoon.

 

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The government are so proud of their so called 58 deaths, but I'm sure that more people than that have done the same as this gentleman, due to the, lockdown, the collapse of the economy and consequential unemployment.

It is nothing but tragic, but, as most people already know, these people don't matter to those in charge.

R.I.P. Thanakrit. 

6000 road deaths to date this year in Thailand, hundreds of suicides. It puts this farcical global over reaction to this covid nonsense it to perspective.

RIP, terribly sad, and the child is to be brought up somehow and a sad legacy. 

very sad to happen and the covid cause nothing to do with him ....  

RIP poor guy. you will be remembered for the good you did.

And the people / Government who brought this misery worse than any war crime to the world, will most likely never be held accountable. This sucks a lot.

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For many of the country’s poorest who work in low-paid informal jobs, those prospects seem especially daunting. Dozens of newly jobless locals are known to have taken their lives. Even some Western expats who have lost their jobs or whose businesses have collapsed have committed suicide in recent weeks!! and who knows what's coming ..

18 hours ago, rooster59 said:

His father said Thanakrit told him he wanted to calm himself down.

 

18 hours ago, rooster59 said:

The man is thought to have been dead for a week or longer

Seems the father wasn't too concerned then?

That is a pretty grim photo, certainly grabs ur attention.

Very sad that he took his own life, but i can not make further comment with out knowing why his wife left him, was it just becoz of money/ no job? or other reasons?

R.I.P.

On 6/13/2020 at 12:34 PM, Thaiwrath said:

The government are so proud of their so called 58 deaths, but I'm sure that more people than that have done the same as this gentleman, due to the, lockdown, the collapse of the economy and consequential unemployment.

It is nothing but tragic, but, as most people already know, these people don't matter to those in charge.

R.I.P. Thanakrit. 

IMHO nobody else matters to this government as long as they and the HiSo's are OK.

22 hours ago, UnkleGoooose said:

6000 road deaths to date this year in Thailand, hundreds of suicides. It puts this farcical global over reaction to this covid nonsense it to perspective.

What have road deaths got to do with this thread and where did you get the "hundreds of suicides" nonsense statistic from?

We had a man shoot himself in our village in January, not covid-19 related.

It happens more than one would like I can assure you.

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On 6/13/2020 at 1:52 AM, UnkleGoooose said:

6000 road deaths to date this year in Thailand, hundreds of suicides. It puts this farcical global over reaction to this covid nonsense it to perspective.

Yes, this is very well orchestrate by the people in power. So many lives and countries being destroyed.

 

 

 

On 6/13/2020 at 3:46 PM, SamJohn said:

For many of the country’s poorest who work in low-paid informal jobs, those prospects seem especially daunting. Dozens of newly jobless locals are known to have taken their lives. Even some Western expats who have lost their jobs or whose businesses have collapsed have committed suicide in recent weeks!! and who knows what's coming ..

Going to get a lot worse before it gets any better.

On 6/13/2020 at 6:52 PM, UnkleGoooose said:

6000 road deaths to date this year in Thailand, hundreds of suicides. It puts this farcical global over reaction to this covid nonsense it to perspective.

You gave yourself an accurate name for this forum.

Think of the millions who have died from (nonsense) illness, and those who will possible live long term complications including cardiac, lung and kidney impairment .

Suicide is the tragedy here and lack of supports for those affected financially.

 

On 6/13/2020 at 3:52 PM, UnkleGoooose said:

6000 road deaths to date this year in Thailand, hundreds of suicides. It puts this farcical global over reaction to this covid nonsense it to perspective.

6,850 as of June 16, 41 per day.  Yes, the 58 deaths attributed to Covid-19 pale by comparison.