george Posted May 8, 2005 Share Posted May 8, 2005 Man tries to torch himself BANGKOK: -- A man tried to commit suicide by dousing himself with kerosene and setting himself on fire in the middle of Bangkok on Friday night, causing heavy traffic congestion. Police, however, prevented the attempt at self-immolation. Expressway police were called to the Rama IX Bridge area at about nine o’clock and found a pickup truck parked at the foot of the bridge. A man had unloaded plastic bowls from the back of the truck and had lit a fire with petrol. The police stopped traffic in the area to negotiate with the man, but he poured kerosene over both himself and the pickup, and attempted to ignite it. Before he succeeded in setting himself ablaze, the police were able to seize him. They said later that the man, Rit Sinman, 45, a plastic container vendor, was upset that his wife of 28 years had left him and their three children. He suspects that his wife has run off with a taxi driver who was hired to drive her home every day. She has switched off her cell phone and he has been unable to contact her. A security guard working near the scene said the man wept incessantly as he parked his car and prepared to set fire to himself. He tried to stop him, but Rit threatened to set himself alight immediately if anyone came near. --The Nation 2005-05-08 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tornado Posted May 8, 2005 Share Posted May 8, 2005 (edited) bloody women! I actually feel sorry for this bloke Edited May 8, 2005 by Tornado Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danintrang Posted May 8, 2005 Share Posted May 8, 2005 Very sad. I use to know a ranger who sucide himself because his wife had an affair... Before that, he was a great bloke, always enthusiastic and nice with every body. I think that the Thai television promote this kind of attitude.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astral Posted May 8, 2005 Share Posted May 8, 2005 An idiot to use kerosene. Petrol is much easier to ignite!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Boy Posted May 8, 2005 Share Posted May 8, 2005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDN Posted May 8, 2005 Share Posted May 8, 2005 bloody women! I actually feel sorry for this bloke <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Me too! His life is in a total mess now. Let's hope he can find a way through his problems -- find a way to look after his kids and carry on working for a living. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sphere Posted May 8, 2005 Share Posted May 8, 2005 An idiot to use kerosene.Petrol is much easier to ignite!! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Have you noticed the price of petrol recently? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeaceBlondie Posted May 8, 2005 Share Posted May 8, 2005 Well, reading the long thread about Phuket Air, it's a wonder this man didn't pour paraffin wax all over himself and try to become a candle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarragona Posted May 8, 2005 Share Posted May 8, 2005 This was actually on Saturday morning because JS 100 radio were talking to one of the police officers involved as I was driving to work. Even in the police station the guy was still crying his heart out - could hear him loud and clear in the background. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibebop Posted May 12, 2005 Share Posted May 12, 2005 It seems to me that Thai men don't handle their women leaving them real well. I read a few stories like this recently it seems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gentleman Scamp Posted May 12, 2005 Share Posted May 12, 2005 Poor bastard, too choose such an awful method in which to kill yourself he must have been really fukced up by this woman... It's amazing what a broken heart can do to a man. No woman is worth killoing yourself for, let aone disfiguring yourself for life for - not that he did it luckily. I hope the police were sympathetic, did he get charged with anything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humphrey Bear Posted May 13, 2005 Share Posted May 13, 2005 Poor bastard, too choose such an awful method in which to kill yourself he must have been really fukced up by this woman... It's amazing what a broken heart can do to a man.No woman is worth killoing yourself for, let aone disfiguring yourself for life for - not that he did it luckily. I hope the police were sympathetic, did he get charged with anything? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Discharging dangerous chemicals in a public place? Oh, sorry, this is Thailand. Everybody does it, toxic fumes, open sewage, so on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thymode91 Posted May 13, 2005 Share Posted May 13, 2005 bloody women! I actually feel sorry for this bloke <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Me too! His life is in a total mess now. Let's hope he can find a way through his problems -- find a way to look after his kids and carry on working for a living. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> For sure he may find his way back to normal life but of course, it takes little bit time. He is not the only one suffering such problem in here. someone are even worst than him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plachon Posted May 13, 2005 Share Posted May 13, 2005 28 years married and he's 45 now.......hmmm, got married at 17........ not a bad innings, but it's time to get over this one and move on.........unless she ran off with the family's lifesavings as well as the taxi driver. "News" stories rarely report the whole story and I sense there's more to this one than meets the eye. Now being left wifeless, penniless and holding the bairns, would be something to bawl about, (but not burn about!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jai Dee Posted May 13, 2005 Share Posted May 13, 2005 It seems to me that Thai men don't handle their women leaving them real well. I read a few stories like this recently it seems. Usually the shoe is on the other foot... Thai man runs away from his woman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalavo Posted May 13, 2005 Share Posted May 13, 2005 Where's the farang with the fire extinguisher from a few weeks ok, we could set them up together! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plachon Posted May 13, 2005 Share Posted May 13, 2005 Where's the farang with the fire extinguisher from a few weeks ok, we could set them up together! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Brown bread, or so I thought? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibebop Posted May 16, 2005 Share Posted May 16, 2005 It seems to me that Thai men don't handle their women leaving them real well. I read a few stories like this recently it seems. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Usually the shoe is on the other foot... Thai man runs away from his woman. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Maybe that's way they can't handle it when it's done to them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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