A 33-year-old Chinese tourist Chen Ronggui, died after falling from the sixth floor of a hotel off Soi Korphai, in South Pattaya during the early hours of 21 May 2026. The man crashed into a glass roof at the front entrance of the hotel, leaving his body suspended on a steel support beam before emergency crews recovered him.

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Police from Pattaya City Police Station were alerted to the incident at 3.35am. Pol Lt Col Alis Phuangsai, an investigating officer, attended the scene alongside detectives and rescuers from the Sawang Boriboon Thammasathan Pattaya rescue foundation.

Officers found the victim wearing only boxer shorts, with heavy blood loss visible below the shattered glass canopy. Broken glass was scattered across the hotel entrance as police secured the area and prevented access to the scene.

Investigators later examined the sixth-floor room where the tourist had been staying. Inside, they found another Chinese man asleep in the room. Officers also discovered alcohol bottles and discarded seed shells spread across the floor, although there were no signs of a struggle or evidence that property had been disturbed.

Police said the deceased had arrived at the hotel with a group of Chinese friends occupying several rooms and that this was their second night at the property. He had been sharing the room with the other Chinese national, who is now being questioned as the last known person to have been with him before the fall.

A hotel security guard told officers he heard a loud crash resembling a heavy object striking the glass roof outside the building. When he rushed to investigate, he discovered the tourist’s body suspended on the steel structure surrounded by blood stains and immediately contacted authorities.

Rescue workers used ropes to secure the body before lowering it safely from the damaged canopy. The body was then transferred to Pattaya Patamakun Hospital before being sent for a detailed post-mortem examination at the Police General Hospital’s Institute of Forensic Medicine in Bangkok.

Police have not confirmed the cause of the fall and said the investigation remains ongoing. Detectives are continuing to question witnesses and examine evidence from the hotel to establish the circumstances surrounding the death.

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I believe I can fly, I believe I can touch the sky...................

Thailand must absolutely qualify for #1 spot in Guinness World Record Book regarding balcony falls.

We have had a long stretch of 3 or 4 days without any balcony falls till now...

13 minutes ago, redwood1 said:

We have had a long stretch of 3 or 4 days without any balcony falls till now...

Maybe there needs to be a sign on the Motorway entering Pattaya like they do a construction sites.

" Days since the last Balcony fall"

Might focus visitors attention.

One more! It happens almost daily in Pattaya and Phuket nowadays.

A tragic incident

Condolences to this young mans family and friends

RIP

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Whether he "accidentally" fell off the balcony, or it was intentional, one would think, or hope, that one's final exit would be more peaceful, not in such a dramatic, very public, messy way at 3:30 in the morning, blood and glass shards scattered across the entry-way and dripping from the ceiling, body dangling.

Late revelers arriving back to their holiday hotel getaway, only to see someone else’s nightmare, having to stepping through the blood and underpaid hotel staff having to hurriedly mop up. And from the picture of the room, it was directly poised above the glass ceilinged entrance.

Unfortunately for only too many, including the roommate traveler still asleep come morning, to awaken to such bleakness and interrogation, aside from the decedent himself, no longer cognizant, let alone alive, to bear witness to his no-doubt drunken folly.

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What a hell of a way to go. RIP Mr. Ronggui.

I had thought that this was strictly a Farang Thing....

Obviously, I had been mistaken.

Such a waste.

Things do not always work out as expected here in Thailand, for newcomers at least.

One of the most difficult realities to deal with, here in Asia, is unrequited love.

If at first one does not succeed,....

Try, try, and try, again.

Live to fight another day.

9 hours ago, VocalNeal said:

Maybe there needs to be a sign on the Motorway entering Pattaya like they do a construction sites.

" Days since the last Balcony fall"

Might focus visitors attention.

lol... I was at a job site in Rayong decades ago. A guy fell from one of the buildings and died.

Next day the sign still said X amount of days without an accident. I was kind of surprised as it was run by Hyundai and they are usually pretty strict.

Guess, when in Thailand....

Gruesome.

Running to the rail to vomit after way too much drinking and over you go.

Always said that the balconies are not up to standard OECD iso 2026 ...