'Happy' Phuket police officer kills himself
Darawan Naknakhon


The accommodation block from which the officer jumped, and the tree that cushioned his fall on his first attempt at suicide.

PHUKET: -- A police officer tried to kill himself by jumping out of a third floor window in police accommodation in Talad Yai, Phuket Town at about 3am today (July 29).

On the way down, however, Sub Lt Rapiwat Kongchim, 42, crashed through a tree which slowed his fall, and then landed on a car.

Fellow officers later said they heard the thud of his landing, but thought nothing of it. Lt Rapiwat thenj climbed back up to his room and some officers said they heard him pacing around

At some point he returned downstairs and, at about 7am, his brother officers all came wide awake when they heard a shot. This time Lt Rapiwat had succeeded, shooting himself in the head with his .38 pistol.

He was transported to Vachira Phuket Hospital by Kusondharm Rescue Foundation volunteers, but was declared dead on arrival.

Fellow officers were perplexed; they described him as a happy man. But investigators – who concluded the death did not involve anyone else – said they believed he was suffering from depression, perhaps because of a chronic illness that had put him in hospital a number of times.

Source: http://www.thephuketnews.com/%E2%80%98happy%E2%80%99-phuket-police-officer-kills-himself-47590.php

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Never ceases to amaze me how rapidly "investigators" here solve the matters before them. Usually with a "perhaps."

 

Lunch!

Sadly noone cared about him when he jumped out of the window. Sad story. Rest in peace Lt Rapiwat.

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Sadly noone cared about him when he jumped out of the window. Sad story. Rest in peace Lt Rapiwat.

"Fellow officers later said they heard the thud of his landing, but thought nothing of it."

Yep. Nobody could be bothered to go take a look?

If not the Police, who?

He jumped out a low window when he had a pistol at the ready.
That seems very odd to me.

A sad story indeed. Despair, hopelessness and depression are the allies of self destruction. No humor here.

Poor guy he must have really wanted to end it. RIP

Depression is an insidous thing.  My son-in law committted suicide last year at the height of happiness  He had Great job happy wonderful wife and two great kids  he doted on , new house and no financial worries.   ( He had suffered from depression for years and we thought he had beaten it.)  So don't be quick to judge.  I hear thumps and thuds  from nearby apartmentsquite often .    I don't go and investigate.  Give the men in brown a break they lost one of their own.

So so many off topic or offensive posts - all being removed. What about some compassion for this confused police officer.

Yes, police being such compassionate people, surely deserve compassion from us, their victims. Have any of you heard of how and why the US Department of Justice has taken over control and daily operations of the Albuquerque Police Department (APD)? Most of the police in Thailand I've had the misfortune to meet have been only slightly better. He will surely RIP if his karma so dictates, but I'll not be investing in the manufacture of celestial barcaloungers any time soon.

Perhaps they feared he would pull a "Rasputin"

With all that is going on in Thailand at least feel for this man being in your home country and being a police officer A job without a lot of friends outside of work he must of needed a kind word or someone anyone just to talk too.RIP Lt.

10k a month / well and have to buy your own motorbike, enought said. 

Rip ,

RIP. Sadly here I don't think any serving officers here will have the same support/counselling for depression or any other problems they have like in other countries.

Is it possible he was about to face prosecution and gaol, after being investigated by the Army?  Just a thought.