American and a Canadian die at Phuket music festival
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American and a Canadian die at Phuket music festival
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/ge ... -in-phuket
Two foreign visitors died after attending a world-renowned electric dance music festival in this southern island province on Saturday night.
Both foreigners, an American and a Canadian, passed out at the Electric Daisy Carnival Thailand 2025 music festival in tambon Choeng Thale of Thalang district Saturday night.
According to police, Canadian Sharfaraz Maqbul Ahmed, 28, was brought to Thalang Hospital at 8.50pm on Saturday. On arrival there, he was unconscious but still had a pulse.
Hospital staff then tried to resuscitate him but to no avail. He was pronounced dead at 9.26pm on Saturday.
American Minh Nguyen Quang Phan, 32, was taken from the music festival venue to Thalang Hospital at 11.35pm on Saturday. Resuscitation attempts failed and he was pronounced dead at 12.30am on Sunday.
Police and staff of Thalang Hospital could not immediately identify the cause of the deaths. The bodies had yet to be examined at Vachiraphuket Hospital.
Two foreign visitors died after attending a world-renowned electric dance music festival in this southern island province on Saturday night.
Both foreigners, an American and a Canadian, passed out at the Electric Daisy Carnival Thailand 2025 music festival in tambon Choeng Thale of Thalang district Saturday night.
According to police, Canadian Sharfaraz Maqbul Ahmed, 28, was brought to Thalang Hospital at 8.50pm on Saturday. On arrival there, he was unconscious but still had a pulse.
Hospital staff then tried to resuscitate him but to no avail. He was pronounced dead at 9.26pm on Saturday.
American Minh Nguyen Quang Phan, 32, was taken from the music festival venue to Thalang Hospital at 11.35pm on Saturday. Resuscitation attempts failed and he was pronounced dead at 12.30am on Sunday.
Police and staff of Thalang Hospital could not immediately identify the cause of the deaths. The bodies had yet to be examined at Vachiraphuket Hospital.
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I wonder which chemicals they thought they were taking and which they actually took.
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....According to police interviews, friends of the Canadian victim reported he had consumed a significant amount of cannabis prior to the incident. However, Col. Weerapong suggested that factors such as long-distance travel fatigue, hot weather conditions, and alcohol consumption might have contributed to the incidents. He emphasized that strict security measures, including 20 walk-through scanners and thorough searches by both male and female officers, were in place to prevent drug possession at the venue....
https://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/202 ... dc-phuket/?
knew a few that attended and they say the smell of weed was everywhere

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Re: American and a Canadian die at Phuket music festival
more methanol? but there is a lot of options at such festivals, especially in a hot climate.
pma / dxm sold as mdma can be deadly due to elevated body temperatures.
then all the fentanyl laced stuff.
sucks
pma / dxm sold as mdma can be deadly due to elevated body temperatures.
then all the fentanyl laced stuff.
sucks
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latest word it was a tremendous success, 40,000+ people / day
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Re: American and a Canadian die at Phuket music festival
Just looking at the list of news items on the ASEAN Now Phuket section there are several foreign deaths in different circumstances in the last week or two, intermingled with the regular foreigners behaving badly stories. Easy to get immune to it I guess if you live there, or perhaps that's just regarded as normal down there, especially in high season.
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There are tourists dying left right and center in Thailand. It's always been a nest of snakes.
Concept of thoughts and prayers.
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Despite the agenda promoted by that Aussie lawyer Yarwood, I wouldn't be surprised if Khao Tao's death numbers compare favourably to Phuket and Pattaya per 1,000 visitors. It's a jungle out there.John Bingham wrote: ↑Tue Jan 21, 2025 12:26 am There are tourists dying left right and center in Thailand. It's always been a nest of snakes.
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According to the last information from the Dept of Tourism I could findJohn Bingham wrote: ↑Tue Jan 21, 2025 12:26 am There are tourists dying left right and center in Thailand. It's always been a nest of snakes.
A tourist to Thailand faces the following odds
one chance in 301,204 of dying
one chance in 735,294 of dying in a vehicle crash
one chance in 2,8 million of dying while swimming or boating,
One tourist in every 6,250,000 committed suicide
Thailand welcomed 35,000,000+ tourists in 2024.
Amongst expats in Thailand I am sure the odds in commiting suicide are much, much lower.
https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/ge ... ry-concern.
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I know that's a bit out of date but that doesn't sound far off with what gets reported these days, effectively about 1 death every 3 days.Bluejeanbaby wrote: ↑Tue Jan 21, 2025 6:57 amAccording to the last information from the Dept of Tourism I could findJohn Bingham wrote: ↑Tue Jan 21, 2025 12:26 am There are tourists dying left right and center in Thailand. It's always been a nest of snakes.
A tourist to Thailand faces the following odds
one chance in 301,204 of dying
one chance in 735,294 of dying in a vehicle crash
one chance in 2,8 million of dying while swimming or boating,
One tourist in every 6,250,000 committed suicide
Thailand welcomed 35,000,000+ tourists in 2024.
Amongst expats in Thailand I am sure the odds in commiting suicide are much, much lower.
https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/ge ... ry-concern.
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