Taxi driver who slammed his vehicle into tank found hung

The taxi driver who protested against the coup by slamming his taxi into a tank at the Royal Plaza was found hung late Tuesday night in what appeared to be a suicide, police said.

Pol Col Phaisarn Kojasup, commander of Bang Sue police station, said Nuamthong Praiwal, 60, was found hung from a rail of the pedestrian flyover on Vibhavadi-Rangsit Highway in front of Thai Rath newspaper head office.

A passer-by spotted the body and informed police at 20 minutes past midnight.

A handwritten note was found near the body, saying the death was to protest against a spokesman of the Council for National Security for saying he had no ideology in his earlier protest against the coup.

Phaisarn said the surrounding evidences indicated that the man hang himself.

Nuamthong made headlines on September 30 when he slammed his taxi into a tank at the Royal Plaza at 6 am. He said he wanted to protest against the coup which damaged the country. He suffered broken ribs at that time.

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That is really sad. I wonder whether the balance of his mind was disturbed. Poor chap

RIP

That is really sad. I wonder whether the balance of his mind was disturbed. Poor chap

RIP

I think you can be reasonably sure that his mind was not in a good way, given his behaviour! No need to wonder about it.

That is really sad. I wonder whether the balance of his mind was disturbed. Poor chap

RIP

Perhaps there's more that meets the eye.

Before he went the suicide route, just wondering how much debt have he incurred after smashing his taxi into the tank.??? There must be reasons behind that.

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