Finnish man falls to death from Pattaya condominium

[webfact]

Finnish man falls to death from Pattaya condominium

PATTAYA: -- A Finnish man fell from the top floor of an 18-floor condominium in Pattaya to his death in what police believe to be a suicide.

Police said Rusanen Karri Olavei, 52, fell on to the top of the 4-storey car park building of Jomthien Beach Condominium at 7 am.

The man did not stay at the condominium. His Thai girlfriend, Pannee Pongpakmool, 45, told police that the Finnish stayed at R-Con Residence Hotel.

Panne said her boyfriend told her that he would go to the beach but she later heard that he had committed suicide.

Police said Olavei apparently sneaked into the condominium and jumped from the fire exit on the 18th floor.


-- The Nation 2014-03-20

[marioc]

Another suicide?????????????

Something is definitely wrong with LOS....by far too many suicide!!!!

[Chang_paarp]

A bad month for the Finnish community in Pattaya.

RIP the latest Fin to end his life.

[angsta]

So there wasn't a note and no mention of him feeling depressed but he committed suicide, case closed. CIS Pattaya are on the ball this week.

[uptheos]

So, did he jump or fall?

[laislica]

Thinking too much?

Very sad.

[siam2007]

is this still worth mentioning ? it happens every week in Pattaya, isn't it ?

Pattaya is the #1 spot worldwide where people are "being suicided to death" by falling from Condos.....

[sam sen]

Another suicide?????????????

Something is definitely wrong with LOS....by far too many suicide!!!!

maybe the land isn't as smiley as people think

[blowin]

Poor guy hope all your problems are over. Commiseration's to his family.

[davejones23]

is this still worth mentioning ? it happens every week in Pattaya, isn't it ?

Pattaya is the #1 spot worldwide where people are "being suicided to death" by falling from Condos.....

Many countries have higher suicide rates than Thailand. Russia, USA and Australia being three examples. You probably hear of more suicides in Pattaya because they deaths are regularly reported in the English press here, including TV. Suicides are rarely reported this way in other countries, so you'd be unaware of them. Suicides in Pattaya are no near the per capita number in USA for example. It's nothing at all out of the ordinary.

[whoisyourdaddy]

is this still worth mentioning ? it happens every week in Pattaya, isn't it ?

Pattaya is the #1 spot worldwide where people are "being suicided to death" by falling from Condos.....

Many countries have higher suicide rates than Thailand. Russia, USA and Australia being three examples. You probably hear of more suicides in Pattaya because they deaths are regularly reported in the English press here, including TV. Suicides are rarely reported this way in other countries, so you'd be unaware of them. Suicides in Pattaya are no near the per capita number in USA for example. It's nothing at all out of the ordinary.

Its not about the number but about the choice.

Too many here seem to fall, jump, slip from the balcony's

RIP to the victim and condolences to the family

[LennyW]

is this still worth mentioning ? it happens every week in Pattaya, isn't it ?

Pattaya is the #1 spot worldwide where people are "being suicided to death" by falling from Condos.....

Credible link to this amazing fact please - or else your post is just excrement !

Edited March 20, 2014 by LennyW

[saakura]

Seems very strange that he could sneak up to the 18th floor of a condominium in which he did not live, gain access to a fire exit and jump off.

Edited March 20, 2014 by saakura

[LookChang]

About suicides by jumping from high rise buildings, Hong Kong looks more affected than Pattaya :

http://www.squarefoot.com.hk/haunted/

[manarak]

Seems very strange that he could sneak up to the 18th floor of a condominium in which he did not live, gain access to a fire exit and jump off.

not strange at all, in most buildings it is very easy to get access

[OMGImInPattaya]

Seems very strange that he could sneak up to the 18th floor of a condominium in which he did not live, gain access to a fire exit and jump off.

not strange at all, in most buildings it is very easy to get access

Yes, most buildings anyone can just walk in and go uP the elevators unchallenged. Then just step out into the external fire escape stairwell and over you go. Mikes Mall has roof-top pool...Maarkland Condo has roof top restaurant.

San Francisco has a high bridge...Pattaya has high condos...people choose what's handy.

[Trickcyclist]

RIP

[webfact]

Finnish Man falls to his death from 18-storey Pattaya Condominium

PATTAYA: -- In what has been described as a presumed suicide, a 52 year old man from Finland fell from an 18-storey Condominium in Jomtien on Thursday.

Police and rescue services were called to the Jomtien Beach Condominium and were directed to the 4th floor car park area where the body of Mr. Rusanen Karri Olavei aged 52 from Finland was situated. It is thought he had jumped from the 18th floor in an apparent suicide, according to Police.

The victims Girlfriend, Khun Panee aged 45, was contacted and confirmed that Mr. Olavei had recently arrived in Thailand and was staying at the R-Con Apartments in Soi Buakhao and had told her that he was going to Jomtien on Thursday morning to see a friend.

Full story: http://www.pattayaone.net/pattaya-news/122302/finnish-man-falls-to-his-death-from-18-storey-pattaya-condominium/

-- Pattaya One 2014-03-21

[ChrisY1]

So, did he jump or fall?

Or otherwise?

It's a long way to go to the top of an 18 level building, then jump......

[PoorSucker]

Insensitive post removed.

[Suradit69]

Another suicide?????????????

Something is definitely wrong with LOS....by far too many suicide!!!!

A lot of people die in hospitals. It doesn't mean there is definitely something wrong with hospitals. It's because people who are very sick go to hospital and a lot of them die.

A lot of people come to Thailand looking for something that's missing from their lives back in farang utopia. Maybe they don't find what they hoped for or maybe they do find it and fear losing it. Maybe their visit to Thailand is ending and the prospect of returning to a "perfect" life in farang land is too much to bear. Maybe the problem for some people is that there is something definitely wrong back in the land of farang. Possibly add in some booze and some sex to muddle the mind and they find ending it all preferable to going back to what drove them to Thailand in the first place.

Maybe a lot of the people who commit suicide here bring their problems with them.

Worldwide surveys have consistently ranked the Scandinavian countries — with their generous family-leave policies, low crime, free health care, rich economies and, yes, high income taxes — as the happiest places on earth. But this happiness has always been accompanied by a paradox: the happiest countries also seem to have the highest suicide rates.

http://healthland.time.com/2011/04/25/why-the-happiest-states-have-the-highest-suicide-rates/

Hopefully he's found some peace and escape from whatever it was that drove him to do this.

Edited March 21, 2014 by Suradit69

[slipperylobster]

So, did he jump or fall?

yes.

[Gandtee]

Another one joins the F.F.F.F.C. ( Falang free fall flying club) R.I.P.

[MMarlow]

Seems very strange that he could sneak up to the 18th floor of a condominium in which he did not live, gain access to a fire exit and jump off.

Nothing strange about being able to enter a condominium building, there's no suggestion apart from yours that he "sneaked" in, and why would someone not be able to access a fire exit, that's what they're there for.

[Mario2008]

speculative post removed

[unanimosity]

So, did he jump or fall?

You only see those two options? Arrive here today, did you?

[SOTIRIOS]

...the problem here is that it is always foreign men...going with Thai women.....

...we don't know what came before.....during.....up to....or what comes after......

...we have NO DETAILS.....except what is spewed out of the mouths of the 'loving girlfriends'.......

...and with no impetus to really investigate...we never will really know....

...and any woman involved in these types of relationships knows this very well by now....

[hawker9000]

is this still worth mentioning ? it happens every week in Pattaya, isn't it ?

Pattaya is the #1 spot worldwide where people are "being suicided to death" by falling from Condos.....

Many countries have higher suicide rates than Thailand. Russia, USA and Australia being three examples. You probably hear of more suicides in Pattaya because they deaths are regularly reported in the English press here, including TV. Suicides are rarely reported this way in other countries, so you'd be unaware of them. Suicides in Pattaya are no near the per capita number in USA for example. It's nothing at all out of the ordinary.

Not questioning that Thailand may have a lower rate than the U.S. (or Russia or Australia). How 'bout we don't compare Pattaya with entire countries? L'il ol' Pattaya, when compared per capita with other cities of similar size, may well be the #1 spot, I don't really know. What cities have a higher rate?

'Course, then again, I can't help but be just a little suspicious of all deaths reported as suicides in Thailand actually being suicides. 'But just suspicious mind you; 'not making any assertions here...

[NeilSA1]

is this still worth mentioning ? it happens every week in Pattaya, isn't it ?

Pattaya is the #1 spot worldwide where people are "being suicided to death" by falling from Condos.....

Credible link to this amazing fact please - or else your post is just excrement !

Perhaps siam should have just entered the word 'seems' in his statement. Deaths by falling from Condos do seem to be quite frequent in Pattaya, (more so than other cities in Thailand as per TV news reports).

[EyesWideOpen]

is this still worth mentioning ? it happens every week in Pattaya, isn't it ?

Pattaya is the #1 spot worldwide where people are "being suicided to death" by falling from Condos.....

Many countries have higher suicide rates than Thailand. Russia, USA and Australia being three examples. You probably hear of more suicides in Pattaya because they deaths are regularly reported in the English press here, including TV. Suicides are rarely reported this way in other countries, so you'd be unaware of them. Suicides in Pattaya are no near the per capita number in USA for example. It's nothing at all out of the ordinary.

Its not about the number but about the choice.

Too many here seem to fall, jump, slip from the balcony's

RIP to the victim and condolences to the family

Correct, it is more about the type of people who commit " suicide" here. So while raw numbers for

suicides in Thailand overall may not be high, I am quite certain that in suicides for tourists, either long term or short term, that Thailand would be at the top of the list.... Somebody once did a study of suicides in tourist cities around the world, with the premise being people generally do not go

on a holiday to off themselves. I believe that Pattaya came out on top. So something is going on here.

Either Thai girls are great at breaking hearts, or the Thai boyfriend of the girl get a few friends together and pitch the farang off the balcony.. Thus making it the perfect crime......

Except.........farangs almost never commit suicide by jumping off buildings. Chinese people seem to like that choice however.

http://www.suicidemethods.net/suicide-methods/

"Dropping from a height accounts for only 2% of reported US suicides based on a 2005 research project. Hong Kong however, with its high number of sky scrapers, makes jumping the method of choice for 52.1% of suicides (study results 2006)."