Officers from Wichit Police Station were called to Space Condominium in Moo 4, Wichit, at 6:30am Saturday (May 2) after receiving a report that a body had been discovered in the pool area.
Pol Lt Fontip Kaewsaen, Deputy Investigator, arrived at the scene along with patrol officers and found the body of the man, later identified as a South African national who had been living at the condominium for about two years.
Initial checks with building management and CCTV footage revealed that the man had left his room on the seventh floor at around 11:55pm the previous night (May 1). Footage showed him walking onto the balcony before jumping down to a sixth-floor balcony.
His body was discovered in the swimming pool by security guards at about 6:30am the next day, prompting them to alert condominium management and police.
Police confirmed that there were no immediate signs of a struggle or property damage. The circumstances leading to the fall remain under investigation.
Investigators have coordinated with forensic doctors at Vachira Phuket Hospital to carry out a post-mortem examination. Rescue workers from the Kusoldharm Phuket Foundation transported the body to the hospital.
Wichit Police Chief Pol Col Somsak Thongkliang was informed of the case, and at last report officers were continuing their enquiries.
Authorities were also to contact the South African embassy to notify the man’s family and to arrange for repatriation of the body.
* The Phuket News is withholding the man’s name until it has been confirmed that his family have been notified.
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