Australian Expat Paul Schumann Commits Suicide on Christmas Day At Family's Home in Prey Veng, Cambodia

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Australian Expat Paul Schumann Commits Suicide on Christmas Day At Family's Home in Prey Veng, Cambodia

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Prey Veng, Cambodia: 63 year old Paul Schumann from Australia (born in Prerov, Czech Republic) hanged himself on Christmas Day, December 25, 2016.

He was found hanging from a beam of his family's house tied up by a nylon thread in front of his impressive hat collection hung on the wall.

He leaves behind his Cambodian wife and their 2 children.

Kampuchea Thmey News reported that he committed suicide due to an illness.

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Seems extremely selfish to kill yourself on Christmas. Would ruin the holiday for your family for many years to come. Should pick a boring month like March or August.

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come on lets not get into this selfish bollocks

do u think a human wants to die? do u think he was thinking logically or thought to others?
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SinnSisamouth wrote:come on lets not get into this selfish bollocks

do u think a human wants to die? do u think he was thinking logically or thought to others?
The police cite the reason for suicide was that he suffered from some medical condition. We don't know how severe this was.

One in 10 suicides linked to chronic illness, study finds

"The researchers said patients with such conditions "should be considered a high- risk group for suicide within national policy, and much greater attention should be given to providing better medical, practical and psychological support". The issue has become a fixture in public debate as growing numbers of UK citizens with chronic or terminal conditions have travelled to the assisted-death organisation Dignitas in Switzerland to be helped to end their lives." https://www.theguardian.com/society/201 ... ness-study
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[don t know about "selfish", and "bollock"s and all the rest of it. But to answer your question, yes, apparently some do. And they clearly manifast that by their action.="SinnSisamouth"]come on lets not get into this selfish bollocks

do u think a human wants to die? do u think he was thinking logically or thought to others?[/quote]
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SinnSisamouth wrote:come on lets not get into this selfish bollocks

do u think a human wants to die? do u think he was thinking logically or thought to others?
Fair point, it's just hard to imagine that anyone could do that to their family on Christmas, no matter how distraught they were. But like you say, it's not often a logical decision.
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It's also entirely possible the family don't celebrate Christmas.
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epidemiks wrote:It's also entirely possible the family don't celebrate Christmas.
There are Cambodian families who don't celebrate Christmas? It's 2016.
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General Mackevili wrote:
epidemiks wrote:It's also entirely possible the family don't celebrate Christmas.
There are Cambodian families who don't celebrate Christmas? It's 2016.
Just some holdouts in Prey Veng, by the look of things. They'll come around.
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He looks quite like a man who used live around 172 street before it got busy, around four or five years ago. I would frequently see him walking with his wife and young child in a stroller.

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