Tragedy struck in Samut Prakan when a 63 year old man from Buriram, was found drowned in a water pit near a local road in the early hours of today.

 

Responding to a distress call around 12.30am today, Wanuspong Madha, a deputy investigator from the Mueang Samut Prakan Police Station, arrived at the scene with paramedics from Samut Prakan Hospital and volunteers from the local charity foundation.

 

They discovered Kaew unconscious, pulled to the side of the water pit by residents. Despite about ten minutes of CPR, they were unable to revive him, and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

 

The incident has highlighted the plight of older workers in Thailand. A Facebook post by the deceased yesterday read…

 

“When we work, we get cheated. No one wants to hire us because of our age. Lying in a room like a bedridden patient, what is there to live for? I can’t take it anymore; I don’t want to live.”

 

This statement, along with a conversation between Kaew’s son and his employer regarding unpaid wages, paints a picture of the desperation that Kaew may have felt.

 

Drinking alcohol

 

Eyewitnesses from the neighbourhood reported seeing Kaew by the water pit close to midnight, drinking alcohol. One local, who had been playing with their phone in their car around 9pm, noticed only Kaew’s shoes when they next looked, prompting them to find Kaew in the pit. They suggested that Kaew was not intoxicated, having consumed only a small amount of alcohol.

 

The 34 year old middle son of the deceased shared that his father worked as a security guard. He recounted how he had helped his father find this job but, due to his father’s age and lack of proper documentation, the employer had failed to pay him.

 

The son had confronted the employer regarding the unpaid wages earlier yesterday evening. After a confusing phone call with his father, who seemed drunk, the son later learned of his father’s tragic fate.

 

The 22 year old youngest son revealed that his father had been stressed about several issues, including work, finances, and funeral expenses for a relative that they couldn’t afford. Although Kaew often expressed a desire to die when he was drunk, he never acted on it, raising questions about why this time was different. The son was informed of his father’s death when someone came to notify him at his residence, on his 22nd birthday, reported Sanook.

 

The police plan to further investigate the incident, including reviewing CCTV footage from the area to determine the true cause of the tragedy. The body has been sent to Samut Prakan Hospital for an autopsy, after which it will be released to the family for religious rites.

 

By Samantha Rose

Caption: Picture courtesy of Sanook

 

Source: The Thaiger 2024-04-18

 

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12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

“When we work, we get cheated. No one wants to hire us because of our age. Lying in a room like a bedridden patient, what is there to live for? I can’t take it anymore; I don’t want to live.”

Unfortunately your illustrious cheating, self serving, millionaire politicians don't give a rats about your plight, while they do as they wish with their cronies and conservative elites.

Time Thailand woke up, and demanded change... get off your lethargic arses.

Old , poor , lonely ,  exploited , no wages paid , may he RIP .

Hope a better life awaits him .

4 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Unfortunately your illustrious cheating, self serving, millionaire politicians don't give a rats about your plight, while they do as they wish with their cronies and conservative elites.

Time Thailand woke up, and demanded change... get off your lethargic arses.

 

Thais voted for change .

They did not get it because :

 

 

As part of the “secret deal” under which the billionaire Thaksin had been granted the privileges unprovided for ordinary convicts, the de facto Pheu Thai boss had been practically obliged to return favours to the powers-that-be who would decidedly prefer to leave the helm of government to his party rather than tolerate seeing the Move Forward in government following the progressive party’s electoral victory in which they had won most MP seats last year.

2 minutes ago, nobodysfriend said:

Thais voted for change .

They did not get it because :

They didn't demand it.

Elderly man drowns in Samut Prakan amid financial woes

 

Why do they minimize the reality of the article? It should read elderly man kills himself in drowning at the river due to financial woes and lack of assistance from the government