Chinese tourist dies in Phuket resort pool

Darawan Naknakhon


When his family members arrived, they found Mr Zhi at the bottom of the pool. Photo: Darawan Naknakhon

PHUKET: A 36-year-old Chinese tourist has died after being pulled from a resort swimming pool in Kamala last night (July 2). Police have yet to confirm whether the man drowned.

Staff at Patong Hospital notified Lt Col Somnuek Damkaew of the Kamala Police at 10:31pm that they were unable to revive a Chinese tourist they named as Zhi Fengren.

“Doctors pronounced the man dead on arrival and confirmed that there were no injuries on his body,” Col Somnuek said.

Mr Zhi and his family checked in to the hotel on Friday (July 1), he added.

“Around 9pm on Saturday, he asked his friends and family to join him and his son for a swim at the pool,” Col Somnuek explained.

Full story: http://www.thephuketnews.com/chinese-tourist-dies-in-phuket-resort-pool-58105.php#GFUvqZq30HtgVbdA.97

-- Phuket News 2016-07-03

“Around 9pm on Saturday, he asked his friends and family to join him and his son for a swim at the pool,” Col Somnuek explained.

Most swimming pools at resorts close at 7PM, so why was he inviting others for a swim 2 hours after closing time?

The reason they close the pools at night is to avoid (drunken) people to drown in the dark without anybody noticing it.

Condo and hotel pools rarely are deeper than 1.5m

hard to drown

Condo and hotel pools rarely are deeper than 1.5m

hard to drown

Easy if you can't swim

Condo and hotel pools rarely are deeper than 1.5m

hard to drown

Quite often there are parts of the pool that are up to 1.5 meters, with other parts deeper, 2 to 2,5 meters would be very normal for a hotel pool.

looking at the picture i doubt it goes deeper than 1.5m, very small pool with shallow sections on both sides

So where is his Son, and what light can he shed on what happened?

Don't go to the pool if you can't swim... not that hard to understand, except for Chinese.

Maybe he dove into a shallow area ...

...in the civilized world....leaving a swimming pool unattended is criminal.....

...here they couldn't care less....

...as long as your bill is paid....it seems.....

....do the words...... 'accountability'......or....'responsibility' even exist in their language.....

...one has to wonder.....

...in the civilized world....leaving a swimming pool unattended is criminal.....

...here they couldn't care less....

...as long as your bill is paid....it seems.....

....do the words...... 'accountability'......or....'responsibility' even exist in their language.....

...one has to wonder.....

Nonsense, all over the world hotel swimming pools are left unattended after a certain hour.

A disrespectful nonsense post has been removed.

...in the civilized world....leaving a swimming pool unattended is criminal.....

...here they couldn't care less....

...as long as your bill is paid....it seems.....

....do the words...... 'accountability'......or....'responsibility' even exist in their language.....

...one has to wonder.....

Nonsense, all over the world hotel swimming pools are left unattended after a certain hour.

True, that plus the risk of annoying people trying to sleep in nearby rooms is the reason they have closing times for pools.

It seems these guests didnt care about the rules or other guests and one paid the highest price for it.

...in the civilized world....leaving a swimming pool unattended is criminal.....

...here they couldn't care less....

...as long as your bill is paid....it seems.....

....do the words...... 'accountability'......or....'responsibility' even exist in their language.....

...one has to wonder.....

Nonsense, all over the world hotel swimming pools are left unattended after a certain hour.

True, but many have fences, and gates that can be locked, that cover the hotel for insurance purposes.

Maybe he dove into a shallow area ...

Was thinking the same - broken neck.

...in the civilized world....leaving a swimming pool unattended is criminal.....

...here they couldn't care less....

...as long as your bill is paid....it seems.....

....do the words...... 'accountability'......or....'responsibility' even exist in their language.....

...one has to wonder.....

Nonsense, all over the world hotel swimming pools are left unattended after a certain hour.

True, but many have fences, and gates that can be locked, that cover the hotel for insurance purposes.

Maybe some, but no, hotel pools are in general not fenced of.

Please keep your text out of the quotes.

Surprised none of the TVF detectives are questioning this incident. I guess maybe it's because victim is Asian.

...in the civilized world....leaving a swimming pool unattended is criminal.....

...here they couldn't care less....

...as long as your bill is paid....it seems.....

....do the words...... 'accountability'......or....'responsibility' even exist in their language.....

...one has to wonder.....

Nonsense, all over the world hotel swimming pools are left unattended after a certain hour.

True, but many have fences, and gates that can be locked, that cover the hotel for insurance purposes.

Maybe some, but no, hotel pools are in general not fenced of.

Please keep your text out of the quotes.

There is also usually a 24 hour reception and / or security guard to stop late night pool parties. Also, CCTV on the pool area.

Nonsense, all over the world hotel swimming pools are left unattended after a certain hour.

True, but many have fences, and gates that can be locked, that cover the hotel for insurance purposes.

Maybe some, but no, hotel pools are in general not fenced of.

Please keep your text out of the quotes.

There is also usually a 24 hour reception and / or security guard to stop late night pool parties. Also, CCTV on the pool area.

Sure mate.

Your earlier Thai bashing posts have been proven incorrect, but keep up the nonsense.

I sometimes wonder if there are no pools or deep bodies of water in the parts of China where these lemmings come from.

All too many of these non-swimmers seem to gleefully leap into water wherever they find it, with tragic results.

You can't legislate, nor provide 24 hour nanny services, for adults with little commonsense or self preservation instincts.

@ stevenl

Where have I "Thai bashed?"

What's wrong with some physical and / or electronic surveillance on a hotel / resort pool, or a fence?