Phuket Police recover human body off Coral Island

Phuket Gazette

PHUKET: -- Chalong Police are trying to identify the badly decomposed body of a man discovered offshore at a popular Phuket dive site this afternoon.

The police were informed of the discovery at about 4:30pm, duty officer Atthawat Suwanarat told the Phuket Gazette.

The crew of a fishing boat discovered the body floating face down about 20 meters offshore from Koh Hei, also known as “Coral Island”, and reported it to authorities.

The body, recovered by workers from the Phuket Provincial Administration Organization’s Tourist Rescue Center, was brought ashore at Chalong Pier, Capt Atthawat said.

From there, Phuket Ruamjai Kupai Foundation workers transported the body to the morgue at Vachira Phuket Hospital for further examination and storage until it can be claimed by relatives.

Identification could be difficult, however, as the corpse was clad only in a pair of undershorts and the face was too badly decomposed to determine the man’s race.

Police estimated the time of death at five to seven days before the body’s discovery.

They suspect the body may be that of a foreign tourist because it was more than 170 centimeters in height and had a light complexion.

The discovery is the latest in a spate of unidentified bodies recovered by Phuket authorities this high season.

Source: http://www.phuketgaz...ticle12134.html

-- Phuket Gazette 2012-01-28

Maybe they should start issuing all farangs with GPS/EPIRB units with a Biosigns monitor on arrival to assist with eventual recovery operations..

Relying on people to just stumble across them is both inefficient and unprofessional.

RIP

Maybe he forgot to pay the Jetski man??

US embassy please issue a travel warning to Phuket

US embassy please issue a travel warning to Phuket

Not a need I'm afraid: drowning off the beach at Phuket town and Ao Chalong OR Rawai could bring the corpse near to where (exact location) was found depending on wind and tide. Years ago we found another expats wallet lost near Rawai harbor floating in the same general area (he had lost it overboard from a fishing boat) less than 3 days later.

all along