Songkran grief as toddler is found drowned in Phuket pond

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Songkran grief as toddler is found drowned in Phuket pond
Alasdair Forbes


Nong Korya.

PHUKET: -- On a day that should have been filled with joy and fun, especially for children, one family in Rawai is in deep shock and grief after their son, a toddler of three, was found drowned in a pond today (April 13) after a frantic search.

Little Kongpob “Nong Korya” Cherket, disappeared on Thursday evening (April 10) from the family home in a work camp in Rawai, where his parents have a store.

Police said his parents had left him with his grandmother. He had last been seen playing with other children in the camp shortly before sundown.

The child was found in a pond in Nai Harn by local people who called the police.

Police believe the child drowned but the body has sent for autopsy to confirm this.

It is not clear yet whether his disappearance and death are being treated as suspicious.

Earlier this month a four-year-old boy was rescued from a couple who had abducted him, also from a work camp, and were about to take him to Bangkok.

At the beginning of December last year a little girl in Chalong, Nong Dear, disappeared. A body was found two weeks later, a kilometre away, and was confirmed through DNA analysis to be that of the missing child. That death is being investigated.

Source: http://www.thephuketnews.com/songkran-grief-as-toddler-is-found-drowned-in-phuket-pond-45671.php


-- Phuket News 2014-04-14

[WoopyDoo]

I do hope this is not just another in a catalog of dubious child deaths in Thailand.

Rest in peace little one.

[LivinginKata]

Rest in Peace.

[jacko45k]

How very sad.

[Costas2008]

So, Sorry for your death little Angel.

Hope you find a better world up there.

[keestha]

RIP. In rural areas in Thailand, drowning is the number one cause of death for very young children.

[Jimi007]

Very sad that yet another unsupervised child has drowned. I grew up at the beach and survived because my parents had me in swim school at a very young age. There is a lot of water in Thailand and very few Thais can swim. Education is key, but seems nonexistent in Thailand...

[Johnniey]

I keep an eye on every one of my children during Songran, especially now they are teenagers. Not watching a 3 year old is neglect.

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[socksy01]

Very sad - "he dissapeared" - no he was unsupervised. He was only three for god's sake.

[Eliot Rosewater]

No foul play; typical negligence

I see this happen year after year, shame on the fanily for letting this happen

Look after you children better, a toddler left unsupervised.....geez

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[NamKangMan]

Very sad that yet another unsupervised child has drowned. I grew up at the beach and survived because my parents had me in swim school at a very young age. There is a lot of water in Thailand and very few Thais can swim. Education is key, but seems nonexistent in Thailand...

I'm with you Jimi007. Where was the supervision????

If more attention was paid, this child would still be alive, and no need to come up with money for swim school. Just keep them away from the water.

Tragic loss of a young life.

RIP

[eezergood]

How very sad!

[LivinginKata]

3 insensitive posts removed. Let's have a bit of respect for the dead child and not have these inflammatory posts, thank you.

[Jip99]

No foul play; typical negligence

I see this happen year after year, shame on the fanily for letting this happen

Look after you children better, a toddler left unsupervised.....geez

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Happened to my GF's son a few years ago when was 3 years old.

GF went into town shopping and the boy was in the care of relatives (drinking/dancing on Makha Bucha Day).

GF returned, asked where the boy was and he was found face down in the family rice pond.

Negligence in my book and typical of the general Thai lack of responsibility.

R.I.P.

[gandalf12]

It is one reason when my children were young why I wouldnt have a swimming pool in the garden.

So young to leave this world

[steven100]

he disappeared at sundown on April 10 and they only found him on April 13 ...

3 days later ... very sad for this little chap.. he has such a happy face

may he RIP and be blessed up there.