Body of British man found floating in sea off Phuket

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Body of British man found floating in sea off Phuket


Police wait at Chalong pier for rescue workers to return with the body.

PHUKET: -- The body of an British man was found floating off of Koh Hae (Coral Island) yesterday afternoon (February 23). It is believed that the man had had a lot to drink the night before and had wondered into the sea.

At 1:30pm yesterday, Chalong investigator, Lt Wuttiwat Leangboonjinda and his team were called to investigate the death of the man after a tour boat called and reported they had found a body floating at Koh Hae.

Rescue workers took a speedboat to the island to retrieve the body and transported it back to Vachira Hospital.

The victim, later identified as Sebastian Palin, 32, was 170 centremetres tall and was dressed in a white vest and colourful Bermuda shorts. He also had two wrist band on his left wrist.

Police said that he has been dead for at least 12 hours. There was no suspision of foul play and it was assumed that Mr Palin had drowned.

Police later learned that Mr Palin had checked in at the Coral Island Resort on Saturday (February 21) and was scheduled to check out yesterday morning.

On Sunday night (February 22), it is alledged that Mr Palin had got very drunk at the hotel bar. Staff had to escort him to his room once, but he yelled at them and said he wanted to continue drinking.

“He drank until the bar closed and seemed stressed,” a member of the bar staff told police.

After the bar closed no one had seen or heard from Mr Palin again until they were notified of the body floating in the sea.

Police are currently gathering more information.

Source: http://www.thephuketnews.com/body-of-british-man-found-floating-in-sea-off-phuket-51139.php


-- Phuket News 2015-02-24

[Larry]

It seems that every day now, some farang is found dead. Makes me wonder.

[Matty78]

they're dropping like flies around here

[mikemac]

It's a worldwide phenomenon, people die every day, in every country, for various reasons.

[Seelow]

Fully justifying Thailand's well documented reputation as being one of the most dangerous destinations for tourists in the world.

Seen the Daily Mail today?

[lucky11]

It seems that every day now, some farang is found dead. Makes me wonder.

Makes you wonder what??

[upena]

I wonder if he wandered

[robblok]

Who said Russians are famous for drinking.. a lot of drunken Brits in the news recently.

And a this week a Dutch drug Kingpin (else everyone is telling me I am bashing Brits and don't look at my own countrymen)

[Katipo]

Typical 'Quality' English tourists.

[rethaier]

Sounds like a drunken, badly behaved Brit pissed off a local and was shown how to breathe water deeply.

[FiestyFarang]

Fully justifying Thailand's well documented reputation as being one of the most dangerous destinations for tourists in the world.

Seen the Daily Mail today?

No because it is blocked in Thailand www.dailymail.co.uk

[laislica]

Another sad event for reasons unknown.

RIP.

Why not wait for facts to emerge?

Oh, I forgot, you have nothing else to do but speculate.

[Roota]

It's a worldwide phenomenon, people die every day, in every country, for various reasons.

As The Onion headline put it, 'Death rate holds steady at 100%'.

[arrowsdawdle]

It seems that every day now, some farang is found dead. Makes me wonder.

Maybe you are new to LOS, but when the deaths stop...that will be the time to wonder what happened.

[hanno]

Sounds like a drunken, badly behaved Brit pissed off a local and was shown how to breathe water deeply.

Amazing how threads like this always bring out the Sherlocks and conspiracists......Guy got rat-arsed, went for a swim, drowned.

This for the USA, were almost 10 people a day drown on average:

• Alcohol Use: Among adolescents and adults, alcohol use is involved in up to 70% of deaths associated with water recreation, almost a quarter of ED visits for drowning, and about one in five reported boating deaths.2,15,17 Alcohol influences balance, coordination, and judgment, and its effects are heightened by sun exposure and heat.17

[bkkdawg]

"There was no suspicion of foul play and it was assumed that Mr Palin had drowned". Just like the Frenchman found hanging by a rope with his hands behind his back. They're very quick to write these deaths off aren't they?

[Valentine]

It is not that hard. When I was young & more stupid over Xmas/New Year celebrations & after some heavy drinking I decided enough & walked back to the camp at around 11pm with the assistance of 2 young ladies. Feeling very groggy I decided to freshen up by having a dip in the lake. Next thing I woke up a long way out, disorientated & with a wind swell whipping up, not the best place to be. It seemed to take forever to swim back to shore especially as I was getting mouth fulls of water from the swell. I relate this just to show how easy it can be to drown. I thought I would that night although at one stage after thinking it would be so easy just to slip away as my life was flashing through my head I decided I still had lots to see & do in this life.

Edited February 24, 2015 by Valentine

[Travelman868]

It seems that every day now, some farang is found dead. Makes me wonder.

Something about Thai Islands. Young people go out and get drunk but only in Thailand do so many die.

The police could learn to keep their mouth's shut until they have investigated.

[dirtycash]

wonder did he piss a few local thais off at the bar

[hanno]

It seems that every day now, some farang is found dead. Makes me wonder.

Something about Thai Islands. Young people go out and get drunk but only in Thailand do so many die.

The police could learn to keep their mouth's shut until they have investigated.

See my post above, seems like at least in the US they do.

[bubblegum]

He said he wanted to drink more........but swallowing the whole ocean?

[winstonc]

Typical 'Quality' English tourists.

hes dead you utter moron grow up...

[arrowsdawdle]

It is not that hard. When I was young & more stupid over Xmas/New Year celebrations & after some heavy drinking I decided enough & walked back to the camp at around 11pm with the assistance of 2 young ladies. Feeling very groggy I decided to freshen up by having a dip in the lake. Next thing I woke up a long way out, disorientated & with a wind swell whipping up, not the best place to be. It seemed to take forever to swim back to shore especially as I was getting mouth fulls of water from the swell. I relate this just to show how easy it can be to drown. I thought I would that night although at one stage after thinking it would be so easy just to slip away as my life was flashing through my head I decided I still had lots to see & do in this life.

Your point is negated...you didn't drown.

[arrowsdawdle]

It seems that every day now, some farang is found dead. Makes me wonder.

Something about Thai Islands. Young people go out and get drunk but only in Thailand do so many die.

The police could learn to keep their mouth's shut until they have investigated.

What, you don't ever want to hear from them again?

[laobali]

It seems that every day now, some farang is found dead. Makes me wonder.

PHUKET: -- The body of an British man was found floating off of Koh Hae (Coral Island) yesterday afternoon (February 23). It is believed that the man had had a lot to drink the night before and had wondered into the sea.

Like 'wondering' into the sea.

[Valentine]

It is not that hard. When I was young & more stupid over Xmas/New Year celebrations & after some heavy drinking I decided enough & walked back to the camp at around 11pm with the assistance of 2 young ladies. Feeling very groggy I decided to freshen up by having a dip in the lake. Next thing I woke up a long way out, disorientated & with a wind swell whipping up, not the best place to be. It seemed to take forever to swim back to shore especially as I was getting mouth fulls of water from the swell. I relate this just to show how easy it can be to drown. I thought I would that night although at one stage after thinking it would be so easy just to slip away as my life was flashing through my head I decided I still had lots to see & do in this life.

Your point is negated...you didn't drown.

No it's not. If anyone cannot see, from my post, that booze & swimming are a bad mix then I am lost for words. As an ex beach lifeguard I saw it far too often but always before they drowned, fortunately.

[joebrown]

Fully justifying Thailand's well documented reputation as being one of the most dangerous destinations for tourists in the world.

Seen the Daily Mail today?

No because it is blocked in Thailand www.dailymail.co.uk

I've just been able to look at www.dailymail.co.uk and I live in Thailand. However I can't find anything in today's news that is of any great interest other than a feature on Medical Care in foreign countries which places Thailand in the average/middle ground for quality of care. Is there another more 'interesting' news item somewhere else in the Daily Mail?. If so, 'Seelow' can you please enlighten me?

[alanrchase]

Fully justifying Thailand's well documented reputation as being one of the most dangerous destinations for tourists in the world.

Seen the Daily Mail today?

Daily Mail? Good source of news? Drunk foreigner goes for a swim? Never happen, obvious foul play.

[Traveller45]

Some heartless comments here. Normally, drinking should relax you. Why was he so stressed when the bar closed?

[HooHaa]

It seems that every day now, some farang is found dead. Makes me wonder.

yes indeed, it make me wonder how stupid a tourist could possibly be.