PHUKET: A man from New Zealand who came to Phuket to mourn a friend killed during the tsunami seven years ago has died after a surfeit of sex, say Phuket police.
The man and another male tourist mourned their big-wave victim friend by joining a candles-in-the-sand ''Light Up Phuket'' ceremony last night on Patong beach on the anniversary of the December 26, 2004 tsunami.
The friends, aged 30 and 29, went out on the town in Patong later, police said.
One man took two bar hostesses back to his room and was found dead about 9am today in the Keeta Guesthouse, a short walk back from the beach, said Lieutenant Jakapong Lurng-On of Kathu Police Station, which oversees Patong.
''The man told his friend that both girls were beautiful so he decided to take both back to his room,'' Lieutenant Jakapong said. ''We found two used condoms and a sex stimulant in the man's room.''
His friend discovered the mans' body this morning. The two bar hostesses had gone, Lieutenant Jakapong said.
The man who died was overweight and may have had undisclosed health problems even though he was aged only 30, Lieutenant Jakapong said.
The deaths of at least two other male tourists in Patong have been reported this year in similar circumstances to the man from New Zealand, but the timing of his demise adds a remarkable twist.
Phuketwan has the man's name but will refrain from publishing it until relatives have been notified. The man's body is at Patong Hospital. His family may request an autopsy.
Almost 5400 people, about half of them tourists, died on Phuket, on other islands and along Thailand's Andaman Sea coast in the tsunami. A total of more than 220,000 people were killed in nations around the Indian Ocean rim.
The man and another male tourist mourned their big-wave victim friend by joining a candles-in-the-sand ''Light Up Phuket'' ceremony last night on Patong beach on the anniversary of the December 26, 2004 tsunami.
The friends, aged 30 and 29, went out on the town in Patong later, police said.
One man took two bar hostesses back to his room and was found dead about 9am today in the Keeta Guesthouse, a short walk back from the beach, said Lieutenant Jakapong Lurng-On of Kathu Police Station, which oversees Patong.
''The man told his friend that both girls were beautiful so he decided to take both back to his room,'' Lieutenant Jakapong said. ''We found two used condoms and a sex stimulant in the man's room.''
His friend discovered the mans' body this morning. The two bar hostesses had gone, Lieutenant Jakapong said.
The man who died was overweight and may have had undisclosed health problems even though he was aged only 30, Lieutenant Jakapong said.
The deaths of at least two other male tourists in Patong have been reported this year in similar circumstances to the man from New Zealand, but the timing of his demise adds a remarkable twist.
Phuketwan has the man's name but will refrain from publishing it until relatives have been notified. The man's body is at Patong Hospital. His family may request an autopsy.
Almost 5400 people, about half of them tourists, died on Phuket, on other islands and along Thailand's Andaman Sea coast in the tsunami. A total of more than 220,000 people were killed in nations around the Indian Ocean rim.
In light of the latest drink spiking cases I hope the autopsy includes testing for these substances.
I am no medical expert but those who are have warned the use of such drugs can lead to death.
Posted by Steve C. on December 27, 2011 23:22