"...the Patong Office of Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation."

What a name!!!!!

To have a balcony 200mm higher would cost say 20 blocks x 5 baht plus the sand and cement render say 100 baht plus a days labour 300-400 baht.say 600 baht all in or a nights rental in a guesthouse.maybe saving 10 tourists a year.no no,it's only falang and they've paid for the room already and we get a bit of free advertisement.oh and while we are at it lets put the shower heads in at 4ft 7in and they'll soon get peed off in there and we can save water.they are more intelligent than we think.

You've got too much time on your hands....

Death rates across the world

http://www.indexmundi.com/g/r.aspx?v=26

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate

http://list25.com/25-countries-with-the-highest-suicide-rates-in-the-world/

http://www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/cause-of-death/suicide/by-country/

The boyfriend having spent the night with 'a friend' at an adjoining guesthouse might have had something to do with it.

Do wish this forum could keep up ..

Sounds a little strange, taking her purse with her to jump off a building !