PHUKET: Police believe the people who killed a man in a savage beating hanged his body from a tree to pretend it was a suicide.
The body was strung up in a tree near a fish market in Phuket City's Rassada disstrict. A woman discovered the body about 3am and called police.
Captain Somchai Nubun of the Phuket City Police Station said today that the man had severe head wounds that could not have been caused by the hanging.
''We thnk he was beaten to death then his assailants decided to pretend it was a suicide,'' the captain said.
The man,aged 30-35 and 165-170 centimetres tall, was dressed only in a pair of boxers. His body was taken to Vachira Phuket Hospital in Phuket City.
The body was strung up in a tree near a fish market in Phuket City's Rassada disstrict. A woman discovered the body about 3am and called police.
Captain Somchai Nubun of the Phuket City Police Station said today that the man had severe head wounds that could not have been caused by the hanging.
''We thnk he was beaten to death then his assailants decided to pretend it was a suicide,'' the captain said.
The man,aged 30-35 and 165-170 centimetres tall, was dressed only in a pair of boxers. His body was taken to Vachira Phuket Hospital in Phuket City.
Phuket, a tourist paradise. Very safe and for the moment some extra hundreds of police man to keep up security. So, don't worry.
Posted by CW on January 25, 2013 03:24