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lease could someone give me advice about how to find out information of a friends suspected death in Thailand.

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fairyfly · 31/07/2006 18:35

One of my boyfriends very close friends has been living in Ko samui for a few years. My boyfriend is his point of contact as this man is not in touch with his family anymore. It has been brought to his attention without much information that he has been found dead in a room there.

We really need to find out information about this as it is all of our responsibilities to sort things out if something has happened.

Who do we contact for more information?

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Californifrau · 31/07/2006 18:37

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throckenholt · 31/07/2006 18:37

try the British consulate - go via the Foreign Office.

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fairyfly · 31/07/2006 18:39

We have emailed the British Consulate is there anybody worth contacting in this country for a bit more speed?

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SminkoPinko · 31/07/2006 18:40

This might be useful . Really sorry to hear this fairyfly.

hub2dee · 31/07/2006 18:42

Not sure if she is still there, but Lou33's friend Sarah was in Thailand IIRC (sarahinphuket) and perhaps she would know of the correct agencies to approach etc. ?

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fairyfly · 31/07/2006 18:47

Thankyou for the link i have just forwarded the number for my boyfriend to ring.

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QueenPeaHead · 31/07/2006 19:12

the british consulate should have all the details.
they are normally pretty efficient in thailand.
is it a drug death? they may not give you all the details if you aren't the next of kin.

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fairyfly · 31/07/2006 19:18

He hasn't got an availible next of kin and as he lost touch with them we have no way of giving them the information we have found. They will not have any idea. The last person to visit him was my boyfriend and his brother and the friend has only been writing to my boyfriend as a link back home.

No idea about the death apart from foul play was suspected, that is the only information that has been passed on and we want to get to the bottom of it.

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fairyfly · 31/07/2006 20:21

Boyfriend says to say thankyou as he asked me to start this thread for some information, he was hoping a journalist or someone could offer advice.

In the morning he's going to ring the number off the link and take it from there.

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hub2dee · 31/07/2006 20:28

Couldn't you phone Scotland Yard and ask to speak to an Interpol person who covers Thailand ?

jampots · 31/07/2006 20:29

have you tried googling his name to see if any news report comes up

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fairyfly · 31/07/2006 20:41

I'll suggest that too tomorrow Hub2dee, at the moment boyfriend is out looking for someone he needs to tell.

The guys name is Jonathan Chapman ( i'm not sure if that is the exact spelling of his first name, he was known as Johnny) I've googled it Jamots, thanks for the idea, nothing relevant comes up straight away, i'm going to keep at it for a while.

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hub2dee · 31/07/2006 20:47

Hope some of the authorities can advise further tomorrow ff. FWIW, I imagine Interpol would have a 24 hour desk.

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fairyfly · 31/07/2006 21:21

Thanks

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hub2dee · 31/07/2006 21:48

(Also imagine that if you contact the local police station in Johnny's home town, they might be able to help track down family etc.)

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fairyfly · 31/07/2006 23:21

I doubt they would have that info as they are not from round here, i supose it would do no harm to ask though, thankyou.

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pecka · 31/07/2006 23:39

Not sure if it is any help whatsoever but my best friends brother lives out there and lives in a community of lots of other English people who have moved there - alot of them are his close friends from here.

Would it be any use me mentioning it to him, could he do anything from there?

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fairyfly · 31/07/2006 23:41

Absolutely Pecka, anything is worth a shot.

I will find out the name of the bar he was working at tomorrow to make it easier, i cant remember what my boyfriend said it was called.

Thankyou.

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expatinscotland · 31/07/2006 23:46
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JanH · 01/08/2006 00:00

Oh god, this is so sad - imagine all our little darlings growing up and something like this happening and them having having no known next of kin

Hope you and bf will be able to find something out and make arrangements, ff

XXX

pecka · 01/08/2006 00:06

ff, yes do that. find out the name of the bar.

the brother is actually home in england at the moment so i will be able to speak to him, his wife and mates are all still in thailand so he can get on to them

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fairyfly · 01/08/2006 10:16

ok long shot but here goes, you never know.

Originally he half owned Globe Bar in Maye nam Beach, he knew a lot of people there but they have all probably moved on by now.

He lost the bar and the last time we knew his whereabouts was in Cha Weng. He was not doing very well for himself, had lost too much weight and was barely scraping a living. He was hanging around with go go girls and basically falling to pieces.

My boyfriend and his brother begged him too come home and offered to pay for his flight as he was in such a state but he refused.

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fairyfly · 01/08/2006 10:20

Dinoasaur, yes please, i know all of this is incredibly random and a huge long shot but maybe it would just ring a bell in someones head.

Cheers.

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