A 49 year old woman from Nakhon Ratchasima province unknowingly embarked on a journey for casual labour to Dubai, only to mysteriously die three days after her arrival. Her shocked family has turned to the Pavena Hongsakul Foundation for help, nine months after her unknown mysterious death, to aid them in bringing their relative’s body back to Thailand and help unravel the cause of her unexpected death.

 

Described by her nephew as the family’s backbone, she was also the main provider for her 85 year old mother. She had been abroad on several occasions for work, but her last trip to Dubai took a toll on her life on October 3 last year. Her husband, who works in Chon Buri province, lost contact with her three days after her departure, during which she confided her desire to return home.

 

Her disappearance led to an extensive nine month search by Thai citizens in Dubai, who finally broke the sad news of her death to her family on July 13. She died three days after she arrived in Dubai, but it took nine months of rigorous search by the Thai community, aided by Facebook, to finally track down her relatives. They provided her passport and UAE-issued death certificate as evidence of her death.

 

This devastating revelation led her family to turn to the Pavena Hongsakul Foundation to aid in repatriating her remains back to Thailand and investigate the mysterious cause of her passing.

 

By Samantha Rose

Caption: Photo courtesy of Pratidin Bureau

 

Full Story: https://thethaiger.com/hot-news/crime/mysterious-death-in-dubai-of-thai-worker-prompts-urgent-investigation

 

-- © Copyright Thaiger 2023-07-28

 

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No mention of cause of death on her death cert.

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

lost contact with her three days after her departure, during which she confided her desire to return home.

Agents don't like that.

55 minutes ago, brianthainess said:

No mention of cause of death on her death cert.

Is that a statement, and if so where is your source as it isn't this article. Or did you forget a ?

Because if they want to know what caused the 'mysterious' death then that certificate would normally provide the answer. If the death was suspicious, and there is no mention of any such thing, was there an investigation?

Its true there are even more mysterious and doggy lands than Thailand unbelievable I know ????Rip

Mysterious deaths of foriengers in Thailand. Suicide or drugs. I still remember years ago someone was found hands bound behind their back with a plastic bag tied over their head found in a canal. This was deemed to be suicide.

Edited July 29, 20232 yr by dinsdale

52 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

Mysterious deaths of foriengers in Thailand. Suicide or drugs. I still remember years ago someone was found hands bound behind their back with a plastic bag tied over their head found in a canal. This was deemed to be suicide.

Funnily enough, some people do tie their own hands behind their backs when they commit suicide.  It's to prevent them from having a last minute change of heart.  Their survival mechanism kicks in, so they tie their hands to stop them from undoing the rope or whatever.

17 minutes ago, BangkokReady said:

Funnily enough, some people do tie their own hands behind their backs when they commit suicide.  It's to prevent them from having a last minute change of heart.  Their survival mechanism kicks in, so they tie their hands to stop them from undoing the rope or whatever.

Maybe so but to do this with a garbage bag taped to your head, give yourself head injuries then jump into a khlong my 1st guess would not be suicide. 

6 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

Maybe so but to do this with a garbage bag taped to your head, give yourself head injuries then jump into a khlong my 1st guess would not be suicide. 

Well, you could tape the bag to your head, tie your hands behind your back, then jump into the canal and damage your head.

Very sad for her family.