The dead man, identified as Pongsak Pitchayapan, 47, was found by local people, lying on the ground next to one of the blocks of “Eua Athorn” (Sympathy) flats next to Karnkaeha, a slum area close to the sea, on the eastern edge of Phuket Town.
Nearby was his Samsung phone and his Honda PCX motorbike. Kusoldharm Foundation staff picked up the body and took it to Vachira Phuket Hospital.
Local people said they had not seen the man before, and were sure he did not live in the area, but police managed to locate a friend who said that Mr Pongsak worked in a hotel at Bangtao Beach and also had his own small business.
They are currently not treating his death as suspicious, working instead on the theory that Mr Pongsak jumped, possibly because of money worries.