snoop1130 Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Seven year old Swiss boy dies after being electrocuted on Samui beach SURAT THANI: -- A seven year old Swiss boy has died after being electrocuted by an exposed power cable as he played on a beach in Maenam, Koh Samui.The boy, who had been staying on the island with his parents and younger sister, was playing in the sand when he came into contact with the buried power line.Swiss news site 20min.ch reports the incident happened on February 14th.Despite receiving CPR at the scene, the boy tragically died the next day in hospital. The family have since returned to Switzerland and have requested privacy.Swiss media reports there have been a number of incidents on the island related to poorly laid power cables.Source: 20min.ch -- 2016-02-25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornishcarlos Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 On the ball reporting, happened on 14th ? Very sad indeed though, RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammock Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 horrible. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andygunther Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Sad story... Wish it could be a warning to others RIP little boy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lust Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 How do you protect yourself from this? Could have happened to anyone... Tragic... RIP little guy.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shirtless Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 I hope there is some follow up on this , so we see no repeats of such a tragic and avoidable loss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyjim5 Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 If this is true I hope the Authorities are taking urgent action to ensure the beach is safe. The report would tend to suggest there are potentially lethal cables lying at a very shallow depth in the sand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven100 Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 who on Samui is responsible for this ... ? local council not enforcing proper guidelines to PEA ? PEA not installing as required ? someone must be held accountable ...... a little boys life has been taken because of someone's incompetence !! so the incompetent one should pay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iReason Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Another question: Who on Samui (Thailand) squashed this story? This hasn't come to the surface until the Swiss media published it. There are no Thai news source references to it. R.I.P. little dude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Grumpy Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 I hope there is some follow up on this , so we see no repeats of such a tragic and avoidable loss. Please, they probably billed the family the cost of the workers that kicked the sand back over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkpanther99 Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 On the ball reporting, happened on 14th ? Very sad indeed though, RIP Likely not reported before because it is being kept out of the Thai media for the fear of negative impact on tourism. Notice this is from a source in Switzerland, not in Thailand. Absolutely tragic story. RIP I trust the people or organisation responsible will never be brought to justice over this gross negligence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelepulse Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 No one or company will be held accountable unfortunately. RIP little guy. Shame on authorities concealing this story and shame on the POS's who are responsible for this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopburi3 Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Take a look at the source beach photo. http://www.20min.ch/panorama/news/story/Basler-Bub--7--stirbt-beim--Saendelen--12986831 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdietz Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 So looks like the 'resort owner' most likely had some cheap Chinese 2-wire extension cords buried in the wet sand for these beach lamps. What could possibly go wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeLing Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 On the ball reporting, happened on 14th ? Very sad indeed though, RIP Likely not reported before because it is being kept out of the Thai media for the fear of negative impact on tourism. Notice this is from a source in Switzerland, not in Thailand. Absolutely tragic story. RIP I trust the people or organisation responsible will never be brought to justice over this gross negligence Sorry to say but actually, the source seams to be in Thailand. On the bottom of the 20min article they say, the source is farang.com a German forum for ex-pats in Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisY1 Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Another question: Who on Samui (Thailand) squashed this story? This hasn't come to the surface until the Swiss media published it. There are no Thai news source references to it. R.I.P. little dude. My guess would be TAT...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHolmesJr Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Criminal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balo Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Here we go again , not the first time tourists gets electrocuted and it will not be the last time. Remember the kid in the shower some time ago (no earth connection) ? Or the young guy that was electrocuted when he was walking in a flooded soi? Or the kid electrocuted in the swimming pool ? This is only a few incidents reported in the news the last 2 years. Parents should just protect their kids at all time here. Nothing will happen. TIT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maestro Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 On the ball reporting, happened on 14th ? Very sad indeed though, RIP Likely not reported before because it is being kept out of the Thai media for the fear of negative impact on tourism. Notice this is from a source in Switzerland, not in Thailand. Absolutely tragic story. RIP I trust the people or organisation responsible will never be brought to justice over this gross negligence Sorry to say but actually, the source seams to be in Thailand.On the bottom of the 20min article they say, the source is farang.com a German forum for ex-pats in Thailand. The article in farang.com is dated 25 February, no time given. In the Swiss online paper, the article was first published on 25 February 00:56 h Thailand time and updated at 04:41 h Who was first? Did the Swiss website have the link to farang.com already with the first publication shortly after midnight or did the Thai source become available later and the Swiss site made the update based on it? Is farang.com known for quoting the sources from which they take the information for their articles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maestro Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Did this happen at the Maenam Resort Hotel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masuk Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 The Australian Dept of Foreign Affairs have just issued a multi-page 'Advice for travellers to Thailand' This covers some of the many, many problems in this country, ranging from terrorism in the south, drink spiking, jet skis, overstaying, muggings on the beaches where an Australian travel agent was murdered, a double murder on Koh Samui, below-standard safety railings. Little mention was made about the rather strange driving habits and poor driver training. Sadly, they seem to have missed electrical safety, or lack of it, unearthed electrical systems nation-wide, and now we have cables buried on a beach and a child has been killed. Little wonder the news was suppressed. As the country seems to rely heavily on tourism and attracting us farangs to come here, it's about time they started looking at protecting its tourists and population in general. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moose7117 Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 it was a burmese electrician ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canathai8 Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Thailand - home of live spaghetti-wire - hanging inches from your nose, and jutting out from most places - just waiting and dying to be touched And home to substandard (hot water in the shower) electrical grounding It's rampant - a gross understatement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canathai8 Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 The Australian Dept of Foreign Affairs have just issued a multi-page 'Advice for travellers to Thailand' This covers some of the many, many problems in this country, ranging from terrorism in the south, drink spiking, jet skis, overstaying, muggings on the beaches where an Australian travel agent was murdered, a double murder on Koh Samui, below-standard safety railings. Little mention was made about the rather strange driving habits and poor driver training. Sadly, they seem to have missed electrical safety, or lack of it, unearthed electrical systems nation-wide, and now we have cables buried on a beach and a child has been killed. Little wonder the news was suppressed. As the country seems to rely heavily on tourism and attracting us farangs to come here, it's about time they started looking at protecting its tourists and population in general. With all due respect - Why should they do sweet fanny anny? They do nothing, NADA - and tourist numbers keep going up, up from 25 million when the military took over on My 22, 2014 - to 30 million in 2015 - to a projected 33 million in 2016 Sitting on their hands is working just fine, thank you, because it's all about the financial bottom line$$$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerojero Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 RIP little one. And who the H. lays ungrounded electrical wires in shallow beach sand? Un-F**king-believable! Electrical safety is so pathetic here. THIS is what the government should be addressing, not the dozens of BS issues to make headlines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldsailor35 Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Did this happen at the Maenam Resort Hotel? Does'nt look like Maenam Resort to me ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCC1701A Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 RIP young Swiss boy. more Thai stupidity. clueless about electricity. i wish there was someway to warn everyone. living in Thailand is like being parked on the side of the road near a patch of black ice. each new car that comes around the curve goes off the road and off the cliff and you can't warn them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldsailor35 Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 The very first pic is probably taken from the old Madam Jeed Restaurant at Bang Por . I sit and read there often and reconise the steps down to the beach from a recently renovated Russian owned beach bungalow property. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmj Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 I noticed this, a few days ago a kitten being squashed around thd neck got into the important national Thailand news thread on TV, but a young man being killed by Thai incompetence only gets a local samui listing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussiandrew Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Sorry to say you just can't take anything for granted specially your children's safe in another country. The beach setting looks lovely with the tables set down near the water line. However the picture does clearly show the lighting set up and unfortunately nobody thought for moment power lines and moisture it could only be a matter of time that available tragedy would happen. RIP little man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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