Dane falls from 23rd-storey balcony

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Dane falls from 23rd-storey balcony

Published: 14 Jan 2013 at 19.02
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CHON BURI – A Danish man fell to his death from the 23rd storey balcony of a luxury hotel at Jomtien beach near Pattaya on Tuesday.

A hotel staff member told police that David Nii Rogen, aged 22, was staying alone in room 2317. He said he saw the man sitting on the balcony facing towards his room. The victim suddenly fell backward and landed on...

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Upthehill
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Discussion 7 : 14 Jan 2013 at 21.087
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Pattaya wants to transform itself into a green and family orientated destination. That's the plan, the dream and the motto. How is that going to happen if it still hosts drug parties, binge drinking and all degenerate acts and behaviors you can think of. Laws are lax and authorities close one eye (sometimes two) so how is it going to climb out of the hell hole its in? Soon it will be known as Suicide Resort if no serious actions are taken.
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Discussion 6 : 14 Jan 2013 at 20.546
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man slips from balcony, women get raped because they begged for it, 20,000 bant in damage to a 10,000 baht jet ski ...just another in thailand
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Discussion 5 : 14 Jan 2013 at 20.425
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Pattaya is becoming something like the Bermuda Triangle. Enter at your own risk.
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Discussion 4 : 14 Jan 2013 at 20.234
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3,2,1...waiting for the claims and insinutations that all the high rise falls by farangs must be murder. Never mind that there are probably a hundred easier ways to kill someone and that in almost every case simple examination of the facts show that the 'farang' who died had hit hard times, was depressed, completely blotto, had a debilitating health issue, witnessed doing something stupid, etc. Thailand is like an elephant graveyard for farangs who rather than return home opt to end it here when their last saleung is gone and/or their bar-girl teerak leaves them.
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Discussion 3 : 14 Jan 2013 at 20.113
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Maybe we will never know how this happened. But one thing is clear: In Thailand many balconies have a very low barrier and it is easy to accidently fall from one of those. Maybe it’s time to bring up some regulations that balcony walls must have a reasonable minimum height to prevent accidents. But on the other hand maybe such a regulation exists already and is totally ignored – like so many other regulations (the thing with no big buildings in little Sois comes to my mind).
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Discussion 2 : 14 Jan 2013 at 19.352
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So many foreigners are victims of "strange" death in Thailand since a few years... if I believe the newspapers.
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Discussion 1 : 14 Jan 2013 at 19.201
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Wow that happens a lot in Pattaya people slipping of balconies the hotel must have a health and safety check by the THA lives board then
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