Vietnamese vegetarian killed in apparent suicide in Nonthaburi

Nonthaburi: -- A Vietnamese vegetarian was killed Monday morning in apparent suicide when he fell from his room of a residential building in side the Sukhothai Thammathirat University.

Tran Huu Dan, 24, fell from his room on the eight floor of the Chalermprakiart Building at 9:30 am.

He checked into the room with three other friends on May 22. They were scheduled to check out Monay.

Komsan Phokong, deputy director of the open university, said some 1,000 Vietnamese vegetarians sought permission to use the university's compound to organize the world vegetarian festival to pray from May 22 to 30.

They arrived on buses and stayed at the building.

-- The Nation 2011-05-30

"vegetarian festival to pray" Hum.....

why do they have to pray? vegetarians...

Did this make the the headlines -just because he was a Vietnamese vegetarian?

Would it have made the headlines if he was just a regular Thai omnivore?