Deserter or victim of crime? Soldier's mystery disappearance

[webfact]

Picture: Daily News

 

Daily News continued to report on the disappearance of a conscript at a camp in Lopburi.

 

The 21 year old called Phana or "New" went AWOL on 11th March at 4.09 am.

 

He left his entire military uniform, two phones and chargers in the undergrowth behind the camp.

 

He hasn't been seen since. His mother has dismissed army claims the man is a simple deserter.

 

She said he would call her - he does every day. And he cherished the iPhone she had given him. Surely he wouldn't leave that behind, said mum, fearing malice has visited her son.

 

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Now the military have confirmed that the deserter, as they call him, had been caught taking 4 Yaba that he had bought for 50 baht each.

 

He was reprimanded and ordered to get fit as a punishment just a couple of days before he absconded.

 

He ran off leaving his military life behind. Or has his disappearance more sinister undertones?

 

Investigations continue. 

 

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[SAFETY FIRST]

59 minutes ago, webfact said:

He left his entire military uniform, two phones and chargers in the undergrowth behind the camp

Alien abduction ????

 

 

59 minutes ago, webfact said:

caught taking 4 Yaba

He found a wormhole to another galaxy ????

 

 

2 Plausible Theories 

 

Edited March 29, 2022 by SAFETY FIRST

[Burma Bill]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

disappearance of a conscript

 

4 hours ago, webfact said:

He was reprimanded and ordered to get fit as a punishment

4 hours ago, webfact said:

He left his entire military uniform, two phones and chargers 

Some kind of military hazing gone wrong???????

Edited March 29, 2022 by Burma Bill
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[MrJ2U]

Yaba addicts would take the phone to sell.

 

Probably got caught then perhaps punished severely enough to die.

 

It not unheard of in Thailand.

[brianthainess]

22 hours ago, webfact said:

He was reprimanded and ordered to get fit as a punishment just a couple of days before he absconded.

Very sus. Ordered to get fit or forced ?  Either the getting fit punishment killed him, or he just could not take anymore physical abuse. my bet is the first one.