After being informed of the discovery by Wichit Municipality, Wichit Police Chief Pol Col Chatri Chukaew and Deputy Chief Pol Lt Col Natthi Phichitchainithimeth and fellow officers arrived at the scene, at Laem Dinso, on the northern shore of Chalong Bay.
The officers were joined by a team of forensic doctors from Vachira Phuket Hospital.
The skeleton remains were of the pelvic are and upper leg bones only. The section of remains were still wearing black underwear with "CK" printed on the front and "SPORT" on both sides.
The forensic team confirmed that the remains belonged to a male who had been dead for at least eight weeks. The age of the deceased could not yet be determined.
No other human remains were found in the immediate area. However, about 50 metres away were a pair of men’s shorts with a black leather belt.
Inside the shorts’ side pocket was a brown leather wallet containing documents identifying a 28-year-old male named Muzakkir, a registered fisherman from Aceh Province, Indonesia. The wallet also contained a fisherman’s insurance card and two ATM cards.
Aceh Province is on the northern tip of the Indonesian island Sumatra, which at its closest point is only 300km from the southern tip of Phuket.
The police are continuing their investigation to determine whether the bone fragments and the documents found in the shorts are related.