Mystery deaths on Koh Tao: Billionaire hotel and factory owners found dead in hotel pool

[4MyEgo]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Police have initially determined it was a tragic accident. Their son found the bodies after he went for a walk.

 

Didn't sound suspicious at all.

 

Daily News reported that they were the owners of a five star hotel in Phuket and plastics factories in Rayong and Prachinburi. The were billionaires. 

 

Their son Ratich, 34, found the bodies. He said he had come with his parents to Koh Tao on holiday.

 

He had gone for a walk on the beach and his mother and father had gone to the hotel pool. When he returned he found them floating.

 

He alerted the hotel staff and the hospital but when they were retrieved they were already dead. 

 

It's the son, the new billionaire.

 

 

[Chelseafan]

1 hour ago, justaphase said:

Easy to be seen as an accident if the son greases a few palms.

 

Got to say, that's the first thing that went through my head.

"son go's for a walk", "son comes back to find them dead"...Hmmmm

 

[jvs]

Luxury hotel,must have working CCTV,if in trouble and scream there should be staff

to hear that and respond?

If an electrical problem it will be easy to determine,something must have shorted

and breakers must have been tripped.

Lets just wait and see what further happens?

Were they the only guests there?

Need to look at the son?Do they have more children?

How long have they stayed there?When was the last time other people have used the pool?

It could be   an accident,lets just wait and see.

 

 

[scubascuba3]

Check recent life insurance polices and who is expected to gain from their deaths

[mommysboy]

1 hour ago, bkk6060 said:

The son could not jump in and try to save them?

Hope they have some video of the pool area to find the truth.

 

It's difficult to jump in to a pool when you are 1 km away.

[4MyEgo]

58 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

It's interesting how many people here jump to conclusions.

Do you have any information other than your wild fantasy to support your ideas?

If not then I suggest stay quiet and don't speculate why people you didn't know died? 

 

Oh come on, if the comedy capper cops here can derive at a conclusion so quickly, it's only fair for us to do so equally so quickly, it just makes it more fun.

[Excel]

55 minutes ago, Cake Monster said:

You are so obviously not a resident in Thailand. Or if you are you must walk around all Day wearing those Rose Tinted Glasses that many talk about.

No he is probably a full time resident in some mental institution who for some reason has just been allowed out on a day time  license ????????????

[phetphet]

The family are rich enough to pay for, and maybe connected enough to insist on a proper autopsy to find the cause of death. Presuming nothing nefarious gets in the way, or someone wishes to hide it.

[ICELANDMAN]

6 minutes ago, jvs said:

Luxury hotel,must have working CCTV,if in trouble and scream there should be staff

to hear that and respond?

If an electrical problem it will be easy to determine,something must have shorted

and breakers must have been tripped.

Lets just wait and see what further happens?

Were they the only guests there?

Need to look at the son?Do they have more children?

How long have they stayed there?When was the last time other people have used the pool?

It could be   an accident,lets just wait and see.

 

 

 

In my experience if they had the same genius in the Hotel as the electricity that had made the installation of my swimming pool with an independent electric line of the house forgetting to apply a CCTV it is possible and in any case you are right and easy to see the cause after, and surely the people who have removed them from the pool will have seen fit to turn off the power before entering the pool.

However, when there are big capital and happy heirs, everything looks very suspicious.

 

[lopburi3]

4 minutes ago, mommysboy said:

 

It's difficult to jump in to a pool when you are 1 km away.

Did you read this - he found them - it may be wrong but indicates he just made phone calls to hospital and hotel staff.

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He alerted the hotel staff and the hospital but when they were retrieved they were already dead. 

 

[4MyEgo]

2 minutes ago, phetphet said:

The family are rich enough to pay for, and maybe connected enough to insist on a proper autopsy to find the cause of death. Presuming nothing nefarious gets in the way, or someone wishes to hide it.

 

Who knows, maybe the son will hand the cops a further few large brown envelopes stating that their religion doesn't allow for autopsies and they have to be cremated asap, the cops later saying, huh, but we thought they already got the autopsies done when we released the bodies to the son so he could cremate them.

 

Case closed then.

[harada]

Accident, quick cremation, read the will.  

[Thechook]

1 hour ago, ezzra said:

Both drowned at the same time? it has to be a lot more to it than just an "accidental death".. No way Jose...

Maybe it will be found to be a coincidence.  Case closed.

[xylophone]

1 hour ago, chmeatloaf said:

you are lucky enough to be staying legally in Thailand. Police we have come in contact have been extremely helpful and dedicated in their jobs and responsibility. Perhaps, the police in your home country have sowed doubts into you long before you came here.

This might be of interest to you, reported in a Thai National Newspaper..............

 

 Chief Ombudsman Panit Nitithanprapas noted that her office had handled nearly 25,000 cases during the period and observed that the Royal Thai Police had been found to be "the most corrupt agency in Thailand".

[lopburi3]

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Yesterday two extremely wealthy Thais of Indonesian heritage were found drowned in a luxury hotel pool.

Daily News and Google Translate have it as Indian ethnicity rather than Indonesian.  

[Excel]

40 minutes ago, ICELANDMAN said:

 

As happened to my swimming pool, I only saved myself because I realized that the automatic cleaning time had not started as I had planned it.

 

You were lucky. I was saved by the fact that 2 out of the 3 rings suddenly deflated ????????

[metisdead]

Some posts using trolling images or trolling videos have been removed. 

[BigFun]

1 hour ago, bkk6060 said:

The son could not jump in and try to save them?

Hope they have some video of the pool area to find the truth.

Cameras will have been malfunctioning I bet 

[Neeranam]

42 minutes ago, 4MyEgo said:

He had gone for a walk on the beach and his mother and father had gone to the hotel pool. When he returned he found them floating.

 

He alerted the hotel staff and the hospital but when they were retrieved they were already dead. 

So he couldn't swim? or maybe too occupied thinking about his inheritance. 

[onekoolguy]

Electricity?

[BigFun]

51 minutes ago, A Los for words said:

They should rename Koh Tao 'Midsomer'. Just as many deaths but at least then Barnaby would solve it.

Better to call it, 'the killing fields'

[mickymouse1]

Very strange a luxury hotel pool has no attendants of any sorts. Waiting staff to serve drinks, towel station or bar or or or.if none then someone has spiked their drinks knowing they will be in the pool afterwards while this "person is away for a walk" ????

[KeeTua]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Police have initially determined it was a tragic accident.

 

1 hour ago, colinneil said:

Pathetic isnt it? Police determined it was a tragic accident.

Of course they did, anything else would mean the lazy sods would have to do some work.

You left out a very key word, 'initially'

Article went on to say: 'Investigations continue'

[Neeranam]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

They were 59 year old Ragess Sajjathammakun and his wife Anchu, 55.

 

(Thaivisa notes the names are transliterated from Thai and may be incorrect in some respects).

Ragesh and Anchu Satchathamakul.

[The Hammer2021]

1 hour ago, chmeatloaf said:

you are lucky enough to be staying legally in Thailand. Police we have come in contact have been extremely helpful and dedicated in their jobs and responsibility. Perhaps, the police in your home country have sowed doubts into you long before you came here.

The British  police are so bad it's a joke but for some reason  they have a good reputation.  They are corrupt,  inefficient,  lazy, ineffective,  partisan, overweight,  over represented,  politicized and I'm afraid to say cowardly. Last year, whilst  being bombarded with plastic  bottles  and rubbish whilst protesting the home of the PM they sank to their knees in 'solidarity' with American  activists.  They have a crime clear up  rate of less than 0.7%.!!!!!! and have recently  been policing 'thought'  and non criminal hate issues on social media. At least the Thai police are feared by street thugs, know when to look the other way and are selfless and dedicated doing onerous duties like traffic control. in the heat and pollution

[chickenslegs]

1 hour ago, Shuya said:

That pool looks so small, nearly impossible to drown. Maybe some sloppy electric work?

Hard to tell the size of the pool from that photo, but its about about 2m deep at that part - so deep enough to drown in.

(those tiles are 10x10cm and I count 20 rows)

[The Hammer2021]

9 minutes ago, mickymouse1 said:

Very strange a luxury hotel pool has no attendants of any sorts. Waiting staff to serve drinks, towel station or bar or or or.if none then someone has spiked their drinks knowing they will be in the pool afterwards while this "person is away for a walk" ????

went for a walk?

[Excel]

1 minute ago, KeeTua said:

 

You left out a very key word, 'initially'

Article went on to say: 'Investigations continue'

Probably more accurate would be to say " investigation into receipt of enlarged brown envelopes continue"

[suckadave]

There aint no beach around that hotel. Thats Jamikhiri. I stay there all the time.  You have to take a hotel boat to haad tien or take a scooter to get to a beach.

Staff wouldnt have been there. Theyre short staffed right now. Bartender doesnt show up until 4pm

[suckadave]

1 minute ago, The Hammer2021 said:

went for a walk?

Theres no beach around there. You have to take a boat from the hotel to Haad tien. 

And the hotel staff woyldnt have been there. They are short staffed right now so staff doesnt show up until 4pm. I was there for new years