Kazak Found Dead after Evening Swim in Pattaya Bay

Published : October 01, 2010 :: 11:10:04 [ 4,471 views ]

A Kazakhstan national has been found dead along Pattaya Beach on Friday morning. According to authorities, the man had drowned after going for a swim in the Pattaya Bay early on Thursday evening.

Pattaya, the 1^st of October 2010 [PDN]: At approximately 3:30am on Friday, Lieutenant Colonel Phatsa Detphakhul (Pattaya Police Investigator) was notified of a foreigner’s death along the Pattaya Beach opposite Soi 6. A team of officers along with rescue services were dispatched to the incident.

On arrival at the scene officers found the half-naked body of a foreign man lying dead just off the Pattaya Beach. The man, dressed in swimming shorts and flippers, was thought to be in his early 40’s and was estimated to have been dead for approximately 3-5 hours.

Police investigations revealed that the man had been caught up on the rope of an abandoned boat anchor left in the Pattaya Bay, while on his possession was a business card from the D-Beach Hotel in nearby Soi 6/1. The mans body was subsequently removed from the water and transported to the Forensic Science Institute where a post-mortem examination will take place.

Officers investigating with the D-Beach Hotel revealed the mans identity to be that of Mr. Alzhanov Yermek [42], a Kazakhstan national. According to hotel records, Mr. Yermek had checked into the hotel on the 10^th of September, recently extending his stay past his originally stipulated September 28^th checkout date.

Staff report seeing Mr. Yermek leaving the hotel, dressed in swimming attire, at approximately 7:00pm on Thursday evening, merely 8-hours prior to the discovery of his deceased body.

At present, police speculate that Mr. Yermek had drowned in rough conditions, following inclement weather, out in the Pattaya Bay. He is thought to have become entangled in the abandoned boat anchor after his death.

The Kazakhstan Embassy has now been informed of Mr. Yermek’s death, while officers eagerly await the results of an autopsy report before continuing with investigations.

Comments

Gurditt Singh

said :

much unhappiness and a lumpy throat feeling when reading of this tragical circumstances and i am thinking that the night swimming is not a good idea
even for a strong man with muscles on the arms and legs because sudden tiredness can evolve after eating a large meal with fizzy, frothy beer in the stomach
and then the gulping for air will evolve and doomedness will follow as surely as nightime follows the daytime and only thing left is griefness of
passing family for body spectation and identification at the hospital wing and i can imagine the tearful wailing and the open mouths making the screech
and shouting why has this happened to a good and nice fellow who never hurt a fly on the back of elbow

Email : singhgp@hotmail.co.in Date : 2010-10-02 15:53:21

Dr. K

said :

Even a mentally challenged Thai would not leave an 'abandoned boat anchor' in the water. They know its value!!! Then the odds against a free rope from the anchor tangling the man is questionable.
What valuables had the hotel staff noticed beyond swimming attire?
He went for a swim and found dead still dressed wearing his flippers?
Really! Rough conditions, heh? Bottom of soi 6?

Email : imat@hotmail.com Date : 2010-10-02 12:20:48

teo

said :

time of death between 10:30and12:30,a rather odd time to go for a swim,

Email : wee_teo12@hotmail.com Date : 2010-10-02 03:46:35

kritthira

said :

Have the Pattaya police ruled out suicide yet? Or did he just join the pattaya scuba diving club?

Email : kritthira@hotmail.com Date : 2010-10-01 19:46:04

Numberten Drowningstreet

said :

Not sure if he'd have been better off thrown over a balcony or drowning a miserable death with someone tying a boat anchor to him

Email : another_farang_murder@pattaya.th Date : 2010-10-01 12:34:58

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