Pol Lt Peeymanat Dinkameen of the Kamala Police was informed of the woman’s death at 9pm on Saturday (Jan 6).
Police along with forensic doctors from Vachira Phuket Hospital and rescue workers from Kamala Tambon Administrative Organisation (OrBorTor) arrived at the workers’ camp at Ban Hua Kuan to find the body of Aye Mon San on the floor inside one of the shacks.
She was dressed in a black T-shirt and black-and-white striped shorts, and had a mark around her neck. Her father Aung San Oo and mother Soe Soe were crying beside her body.
Beside her body there was a steel wire about 90cm long and about 0.5cm thick and a chair believed to have been used after the wire had been tied to a roof beam.
Investigators and forensic doctors at Vachira Phuket Hospital found no evidence of an attack on the woman. Some old cuts were found on her harm commensurate with those inflicted by self-harm.
Miss Aye Mon San’s father said he went to work at 7am on Saturday. He called his daughter at about 12:30pm, but she did not answer the phone. He came home at about 8pm to find her hanged from the beam.
Workers living in neighboring units said they came home at about 5pm, but had heard no noise or disturbances.
The family had moved to the shack less than a month ago, neighbours said. Miss Aye Mon San was quiet and kept to herself. She was often left home alone.
Miss Aye Mon San’s parents said they had no idea why their daughter might have wanted to kill herself, but were convinced she ended her own life.
She was often impatient and wanting to get what she wanted, the parents told police. Before the incident, she wanted expensive cosmetics, but the parents did not have the money to give her to buy them, they said.
Not being able to buy the cosmetics had made her sad for many days. The parents believed she might have hanged herself to spite them.
Miss Aye Mon San’s body was taken to Patong Hospital for further medical examination to confirm the cause of death while police continue their investigation.
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