george Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 Japanese man falls 12 floors to his death PATTAYA: -- Taraba Yashitchi, 35, plummeted 12 floors from a Na Jomtien hotel balcony on Monday afternoon, February 28. He suffered multiple bone fractures and head injuries, and eventually succumbed to his injuries at Bangkok Pattaya Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit. Yashitchi was in Thailand to aid with tsunami relief efforts. Sattahip police initially surmise that the man had tried to commit suicide. A police spokesman said that police would reveal the results of their investigation later, once they had concluded the case. --Pattaya Mail 2005-03-11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedro01 Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 Japanese man falls 12 floors to his death PATTAYA: -- Taraba Yashitchi, 35, plummeted 12 floors from a Na Jomtien hotel balcony on Monday afternoon, February 28. He suffered multiple bone fractures and head injuries, and eventually succumbed to his injuries at Bangkok Pattaya Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit. Yashitchi was in Thailand to aid with tsunami relief efforts. Sattahip police initially surmise that the man had tried to commit suicide. A police spokesman said that police would reveal the results of their investigation later, once they had concluded the case. --Pattaya Mail 2005-03-11 <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Shouldn't have drunk that last Kamikaze... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin1011 Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 Seems to me that the disease is become cross cultural, cross racial. If this continues it be become pandemic. we need to focus on a the devfelopment of a preventive medeicine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonviveur Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 Only first or second floor hotel for me when in pattaya I want to be able to come back and let you guys know why felt over the balcony/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilson steer Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 It is possible the Japanese man met a girl and had lots of money and she told her boyfriend (who was Thai, and a drinker, gambler and druggie) and he threw him over the balcony after robbing him blind and getting his PIN numbers. This 'fall to death' happens every week, it is obvious it is murder. I was at Sirikit, Sattahip hospital a few days ago, there was a dull thud, a Thai woman jumped?from the fourth floor....DEBT..DEAD Take care, count your blessings, one by one, prepare for the unexpected... Wilson Steer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerryd Posted March 13, 2005 Share Posted March 13, 2005 I'm amazed that he was still alive after falling 12 floors ! Obviously he didn't last long after that. There does seem to be an unusually high occurence of balcony diving in Thailand, especially Pattaya. Does this happen (alot) in Phuket, Chang Mai, Bangkok ? Surveillance cameras might help, but not every hotel is going to pay to install/monitor these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markuk Posted March 13, 2005 Share Posted March 13, 2005 I'm amazed that he was still alive after falling 12 floors ! Obviously he didn't last long after that.There does seem to be an unusually high occurence of balcony diving in Thailand, especially Pattaya. Does this happen (alot) in Phuket, Chang Mai, Bangkok ? Surveillance cameras might help, but not every hotel is going to pay to install/monitor these. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Surveillance Cameras will not catch them on the way down, better to fit bouncy castle floors all around apartments or hotels..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Burr Posted March 13, 2005 Share Posted March 13, 2005 (edited) Falling from high storey balconeys seems to be a Pattaya disease. Can't remember the last time it happened to a foreigner in Phuket. Last one I heard about was a Thai katoey that found out that he/she was HIV+. Edited March 13, 2005 by Sir Burr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerryd Posted March 13, 2005 Share Posted March 13, 2005 Surveillance Cameras will not catch them on the way down, better to fit bouncy castle floors all around apartments or hotels..... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Your right that the cameras won't prevent them from "diving", but it might help catch the "coaches" that are encouraging the divers. As long as it's only the odd farang now and then, nothing much will be done about it any ways. Just think twice when the teerak you've known for an hour suggests you step out on the balcony to look at the stars....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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