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

[chaihot]

13 hours 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.

 

There is another report that says the cctv was provided by the same company who guarded Jeffrey Epstein.  

 

So no, there is no video most likely.

 

LOL.  This is a joke btw ... 

[richard_smith237]

55 minutes ago, The Hammer2021 said:

Not defending not accusing. What makes you an expert  on Thai police corruption and why are you so selective and one sided? You seek to  demonize public servants here by de contextualising their actions from police forces around the world. Compared to American cops how many Thai police kill unarmed people on a regular basis? Most people who talk about brown envelopes  and police corruption  are just gossips unable to put their own culture  or country under scrutiny. The Thais just make an easy target

 

I have a lot of friends here in the Police Force... they are not shy about their corruption and how the policing system works here. I have first hand experience of the degree of corruption in Thailand. Corruption is a normal facet of life in Thailand.

 

The level of corruption throughout Thai society is no secret, its systemic throughout society.

Stating such does not mean I seek to demonise public servants in Thailand. Stating such is recognition of what I’ve personally witnessed here which is also confirmed by the stories I’ve been told by both foreigners and Thai’s.

 

I have not been exposed to police corruption in the UK, but have little doubt that it occurs and is perhaps far better hidden than it is here. 

 

 

 

 

[richard_smith237]

1 hour ago, The Hammer2021 said:

1 hour ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

A bit rich and somewhat ‘apologist’.... 

 

The implication you seem to make is that anyone with a criticism of the professionalism and corruptibility of the Thai police is ‘Thai Bashing’ whether that person is Thai or a foreigner ???

 

A rather myopic and flawed outlook which kneecaps a perfectly rational and common sense viewpoint... no opinion can be negative lest it be considered 'Thai Bashing’ - the virtue signalling is rather naive and boresome. 

 

Derek Chauvin being a case  in point. Just because we criticized  an American  police man for murder on video doesn't mean we are America bashing.

 

Agreed... thats my point.

[anon7854]

Probably it has been said , but the son talking a walk just when the parents drown is kind of suspicious. Wondering who is going to inherit everything now? 

[A Los for words]

8 hours ago, sead said:

So he saw them in the pool and went to call for help and then call hospital. He didn't dive in to take them out? 

 

More likely he paid someone to do that for him.

[greenmonkey]

I wonder if the police even bothered to check how deep that pool is!? Most pools are barely chest height and yet...

[thaipo7]

BKK6060  Good reply and I would like to add that it seems funny that a billionaire son does not have a cell phone to call the police. 

[Tropicalevo]

1 hour ago, Bkk Brian said:

Where did you get that information? 3 meters deep, certainly does not look it

 

 

From someone who met the couple and was staying in the hotel next door.

Not from a Fakebook picture.

[bluedoc]

14 hours ago, webfact said:

 

Thailand's notorious southern  island of Koh Tao in Surat Thani is back in the news again.

 

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

 

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

Here we go again. Tragic accident. Usual family and bent police.

[whaleboneman]

9 hours ago, Jiggo said:

Swimming Pools open on Kho Tao?

narcissist of the year goes to...

[baz69er]

I dont know why i bother to subscribe anymore........

[whaleboneman]

I'm inclined to think this was accidental drowning. The son is already rich and would be stupid to attempt to kill his parents in a hotel pool with cctv. He would also know that in any suspicious death he would be the number one suspect. If it was electrical fault, that should have already been reported. ie - had to turn off power to retrieve bodies. 

The deceased may have thought the pool wasn't deep and one went in and panicked and the spouse went in to save them.

Pool drownings are very common and just because it happens on Murder Island, doesn't make it a murder.

[shy coconut]

16 hours 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.

All the cool kids around here like to bash the police, some use Uber words to describe them 

like "plod" to give the illusion that they truly are 1%ers, whereas they are just desperately 

harvesting "likes" on a forum largely inhabited by bitter old losers.

 

Having got over my rant, this case does read like a plot from the anglo/french TV show "death in paradise" where the parents went for a walk and returned to find his parents dead or dying

in the pool. Incredible to believe that sequence of events and 

the police seem not to have done any real investigation.

[bojo]

3 minutes ago, shy coconut said:

All the cool kids around here like to bash the police, some use Uber words to describe them 

like "plod"

more like 'feds' nowadays..................

[kiwikeith]

18 hours ago, petermik said:

We will never know the truth....

We need Sherlock on this case, there could be some bussines decisions that need attention, and some inheritance to look at. 

[kiwikeith]

2 hours ago, whaleboneman said:

I'm inclined to think this was accidental drowning. The son is already rich and would be stupid to attempt to kill his parents in a hotel pool with cctv. He would also know that in any suspicious death he would be the number one suspect. If it was electrical fault, that should have already been reported. ie - had to turn off power to retrieve bodies. 

The deceased may have thought the pool wasn't deep and one went in and panicked and the spouse went in to save them.

Pool drownings are very common and just because it happens on Murder Island, doesn't make it a murder.

Correct, suicide is usually the verdict. 

I have a sneaky suspicion that there maybe more to this than meets the eye. 

I call the place Killagains Island, after Gilligains Island. 

As for the CCTV where is the footage? 

[arick]

It's incredible and a shame with all that money and owning many bigger pools then on the Island they the couple didn't know how to swim... The  son? Is going to inherit a lot?  ?    

[irishman25]

19 hours 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...

this was NOT a accidental death any police would check who was last to see them ALIVE and very strange he found them dead? too,  now lets see if they do a exam   

[Bkk Brian]

6 hours ago, Tropicalevo said:

From someone who met the couple and was staying in the hotel next door.

Not from a Fakebook picture.

Yea right i call total bull on that. The photo by the way is from the hotel facebook page and there are plenty more of them there. It is not a 3 meter deep pool.

[Bday Prang]

8 hours ago, The Hammer2021 said:

Not defending not accusing. What makes you an expert  on Thai police corruption and why are you so selective and one sided? You seek to  demonize public servants here by de contextualising their actions from police forces around the world. Compared to American cops how many Thai police kill unarmed people on a regular basis? Most people who talk about brown envelopes  and police corruption  are just gossips unable to put their own culture  or country under scrutiny. The Thais just make an easy target

Thai police are not so bad, problem is most westerners  just cant get their heads around the fact that the police are working to a completely different script than the police back home . You are not the people who will change things, it's better you learn how the system works and integrate accordingly. Its not that difficult (or expensive) to keep the BiB sweet 

 

Conversely I  its quite difficult and very expensive to keep western police sweet ,  Imagine what would happen to you in the U.K. for example if you were to offer a police officer a small amount of money say £25  to overlook a motoring offence.

 

Give me the Thai way any day ,  for those that don't agree I suggest you learn some Thai and make some Thai friends (ideally policemen) life really gets easier , and its more fun than moaning on here

[ExpatOilWorker]

There is a marketing opportunity for TAT in here, this time not even twisting the truth:

 

Koh Tao, the island that treats backpakers like billionaires. 

[colinneil]

2 minutes ago, Bday Prang said:

Thai police are not so bad, problem is most westerners  just cant get their heads around the fact that the police are working to a completely different script than the police back home . You are not the people who will change things, it's better you learn how the system works and integrate accordingly. Its not that difficult (or expensive) to keep the BiB sweet 

 

Conversely I  its quite difficult and very expensive to keep western police sweet ,  Imagine what would happen to you in the U.K. for example if you were to offer a police officer a small amount of money say £25  to overlook a motoring offence.

 

Give me the Thai way any day ,  for those that don't agree I suggest you learn some Thai and make some Thai friends (ideally policemen) life really gets easier , and its more fun than moaning on here

What ever substance you are using.... Stop now please, it is making you post absolute nonsense.

[faraday]

1 hour ago, Bday Prang said:

Give me the Thai way any day ,  for those that don't agree I suggest you learn some Thai and make some Thai friends (ideally policemen) life really gets easier , and its more fun than moaning on here

 

Absolutely, old - or is it young, son?

 

Bribery & corruption are the way forward, who cares about law & order, when you can buy your way out of it?

 

*Post contains nuts*

[Sydebolle]

I am surprised that people still go there. Quite obviously this island has its own set of everything; not my circus, not my monkey! 

[Excel]

11 minutes ago, Sydebolle said:

I am surprised that people still go there. Quite obviously this island has its own set of everything; not my circus, not my monkey! 

Well looks like people do go there, but the same number do not come back alive sadly.

[pixelaoffy]

Imagine if Thailand had a Columbo character ? Even he wouldnt be able to cope with the workload 

[pixelaoffy]

1 hour ago, Bday Prang said:

Thai police are not so bad, problem is most westerners  just cant get their heads around the fact that the police are working to a completely different script than the police back home . You are not the people who will change things, it's better you learn how the system works and integrate accordingly. Its not that difficult (or expensive) to keep the BiB sweet 

 

Conversely I  its quite difficult and very expensive to keep western police sweet ,  Imagine what would happen to you in the U.K. for example if you were to offer a police officer a small amount of money say £25  to overlook a motoring offence.

 

Give me the Thai way any day ,  for those that don't agree I suggest you learn some Thai and make some Thai friends (ideally policemen) life really gets easier , and its more fun than moaning on here

Someone has been completely thaiified..one day it will come back and hurt you

[Henryford]

Tragic accident ha ha. How can they say that with a straight face.

[orchis]

12 hours ago, Bkk Brian said:

Where did you get that information? 3 meters deep, certainly does not look it

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/JAMAHKIRI/photos/2427916687265907

From the hotel's website:
"To ensure convenience, safety and comfort, beginner and refresher divers conduct skill practice here in our majestically appointed swimming pool, which features a large shallow area for practicing basic skills and a 2 (m) deep section for perfecting buoyancy and swimming skills."

[BobBKK]

"Police have initially determined it was a tragic accident."  obviously - how much did it cost to come to that conclusion?