UPDATE
MARC KAECH, 35, died after collapsing at the guesthouse where he was staying, and the injuries he sustained came in his fall or as a result of his Thai boxing training on Phi Phi, Phuketwan has learned. Mr Kaech was found unconscious and taken to Krabi Hospital, where he died. Police provided the initial information that his body had been found at sea.
Original Report
THE BODY of an expat man has been found in the sea at Phi Phi - with a broken neck and showing signs of battery with a blunt object, say doctors who performed an initial examination.
The body of the man was found in Tonsai Bay about 5pm yesterday, dressed only in a pair of shorts.
An initial examination revealed that his neck had been broken, and that he had been struck with a blunt instrument. It is believed the man, aged 35, had been in the water for three days, police said.
The man is a Swiss national. Phuketwan has his name but is withholding publication until relatives have been informed.
His body has been carried from Phi Phi to the mainland and is now in Krabi Hospital. Police from the mainland were on their way to Phi Phi today to begin an investigation.
Phi Phi has a growing reputation for unrestrained night life and beach bars where violence is more common now than it was before the 2004 tsunami.
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...where violence is more common now than it was before the 2004 tsunami.
are you suggesting that the two things are somehow related?
Posted by another steve on March 2, 2011 11:32
Editor Comment:
No, only that the tsunami is the marker between the old Phi Phi and the rebuilt Phi Phi.