Online suicide sparks major webcam alert
Experts fear sites could lead to 'copycat' deaths
The live broadcast via an internet chat site of a 24-year-old woman hanging herself has sparked fresh concern over the harm webcam-based sites can have on Thai youths.
Nichakorn Srisawat, of Nakhon Sawan, was found hanging by a bedsheet tied to a ceiling fan in her room at an apartment in Bangkok's Bang Khen district on Sunday.
She committed suicide in front of a webcam broadcasting over the internet site Camfrog to allow others, including her estranged boyfriend, to witness her death.
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- Writer: Apinya Wipatayotin
- Position: Reporter
