PATTAYA: A foreign man was found dead, washed ashore on Pattaya beach, about noon on Sunday.
Local police were called to the beach, opposite Soi Pattaya 3 road, where the dead Caucasian had been found. The body was dressed in black shoes and blue shorts. There was a flower tattoo on the left arm and a bird tattoo on the right arm.
There were no signs of physical assault and no ID with the body. By the state of the body, it was believed the man had been dead about five hours.
Pattaya special task official Kocharin Chuchum said he had been patrolling the beach. A sunbed operator told him about a body lying face down on the shoreline. He called police and rescue workers to the scene.
The body was taken to Police General Hospital for autopsy. The dead man had not yet been identified.