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Bangkok:- A Maltese man was found dead in a Bangkok hotel Sunday evening. Police suspected that he was killed by heroin overdose.


Pol Lt Khom Rodphao, an interrogator of Lumpini police station, was alerted at 7 pm that a foreign tourist died in a room of the Aloft Hotel on Soi Sukhumvit 11 in Bangkok’s Vadhana district.


He rushed to the scene with scientific crime detection officials, and a doctor of Chulalongkorn Hospital and rescuers of the Ruam Katanyu Foundation.


They found the body Daniel Borge, 34, on the bed in Room No 2306 on the 23rd floor of the hotel. He was lying on his back wearing white undershirt and grey check-pattern shorts. The body was already decomposed.


Officials found Viagra pills and 0.5 gram of heroin on a table near the bed. A “no disturb” tag was hung on the doorknob. Police did not find any sign of foul play or assets searching in the room.


The officials gathered evidence and sent the body Chulalongkorn Hospital for an autopsy.


Suphannee Sarapee, a room maid, told police that Borge checked in at the hotel on April 28. He had a schedule to check out on Sunday.


In the evening, the Maltese did not show up at the reception counter so Suphannee was dispatched to check the room.


The tourist did not answer the door knock so she used a spare key to open the room to find the body.


Police believe the tourist died of heart failure after using heroin. He apparently died two of three days earlier.


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The body was already decomposing, so the hotel didn't do the rooms everyday ?

A “no disturb” tag was hung on the doorknob

Never been in a hotel where they still check if you want chambermaid service ?

He had been dead for 2-3 days or so it's reported !

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The body was already decomposing, so the hotel didn't do the rooms everyday ?

Not when you put a "do not disturb" sign on the door!

I've stayed in hotels in many places where, after a certain time, they do check even just to ask if you want the room made up.

Is a Do No Disturb sign some form of force field except for staff who use it as a convenient excuse ?

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Regardless of a Do Not Disturb ( D.N.D) sign, hotels are legally obliged to check such D.N.D rooms by calling Guests ( Customers) if the sign is displayed for over 24 hours. ( some hotels might have shorter period i,e 18 hours) . This is s system specifically designed to ensure that such situations do not arise. If there is no response, hotel staff had the right to go to sch rooms, with management or security, to ensure there is no unforeseen incident, such as this;

The said hotel being managed by an International management company, obviously the D.N.D policy is part of the day to day operational requirements, which obviously had been missed out. A few year ago another major branded hotel in Bangkok had exactly the same problem and escaped legal action due to technicalities that I am not going to discuss here.

It is very surprising that such a basic operational policy could be overlooked.

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I haven't stayed at Aloft, but don't most modern hotels have a do not disturb button which displays a light on the panel outside the door ? Also, Aloft is the the hi-tech hotel which gives you a smart phone as the door key, etc etc. The article makes specific reference to a sign outside the door ... maybe they are referring to the light and I am being pedantic 555

But I do know one thing ... all hotels should call the room if the guest has do not disturb for any length of time. as they have a duty of care to their guests, As the body was sadly decomposed looks like hotel failed on that front. And why on earth was the room number reported ?? Have never seen a room number mentioned in a report before.

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I haven't stayed at Aloft, but don't most modern hotels have a do not disturb button which displays a light on the panel outside the door ? Also, Aloft is the the hi-tech hotel which gives you a smart phone as the door key, etc etc. The article makes specific reference to a sign outside the door ... maybe they are referring to the light and I am being pedantic 555

But I do know one thing ... all hotels should call the room if the guest has do not disturb for any length of time. as they have a duty of care to their guests, As the body was sadly decomposed looks like hotel failed on that front. And why on earth was the room number reported ?? Have never seen a room number mentioned in a report before.

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Regardless of a Do Not Disturb ( D.N.D) sign, hotels are legally obliged to check such D.N.D rooms by calling Guests ( Customers) if the sign is displayed for over 24 hours. ( some hotels might have shorter period i,e 18 hours) . This is s system specifically designed to ensure that such situations do not arise. If there is no response, hotel staff had the right to go to sch rooms, with management or security, to ensure there is no unforeseen incident, such as this;

The said hotel being managed by an International management company, obviously the D.N.D policy is part of the day to day operational requirements, which obviously had been missed out. A few year ago another major branded hotel in Bangkok had exactly the same problem and escaped legal action due to technicalities that I am not going to discuss here.

It is very surprising that such a basic operational policy could be overlooked.

" It is very surprising that such a basic operational policy could be overlooked."

Not in Thailand not surprising at all really.

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Not sure if it's the same as Cambodia, but over there pure heroin (white in colour) is commonly sold as 'cocaine' (more expensive), so what would be a harmless-sized party dose of cocaine actually kills them.

The practice is thought to account for a dozen deaths in Phnom Penh every year.

Has happened in Amsterdam also. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/first-picture-young-brits-who-4710549

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You just have to wonder what is going on in the minds of some people.

They check into a hotel room and crank up some Heroin.

You have to wonder if the guy was a career addict or he was a first timer thinking it would be cool to do some Heroin in Thailand as part of his South East Asian adventure.

Either way it is hard to find sympathy for the all too many fools that chase the dragon and pay the price.

Cheers

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Suicide ? coffee1.gifcoffee1.gifcoffee1.gif

It seems there was no balcony to be thrown of...this time...

Viagra and heroine. The Viagra would suggest he was intent on filling a wee crack for a long time. The two together probably a very potent cocktail, even for what was a young man. Suicide I doubt. Stupid yes.

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