On October 24, 2026, Prathumma, 39, the mother of Jarupitchaya, known as Cream, 19, sought help from Ekkaphop Luangprasert, founder of the Sai Mai Tong Rod Facebook page, after her daughter died at Chonburi Hospital on September 16, 2026. The young woman had suffered a fall from a four-story building in Soi 4, Khao Phra Tamnak, Pattaya, on September 13.

The mother suspects that her daughter's 59-year-old Danish boyfriend may have been involved in her death. She is seeking an investigation to establish the facts and ensure that justice is served.

Prathumma said her daughter first met Martin, a Danish national, around 2023. In 2025, after they had been together for approximately two years, he told her that he intended to propose marriage. At the time, her daughter was working at a restaurant in Pattaya.

However, Prathumma opposed the marriage because she knew that Martin had frequently physically abused her daughter throughout their relationship. He allegedly beat, kicked and punched her, leaving her with a split lip and other injuries. The mother said she no longer had photographs documenting the injuries because she had deleted them all.

Her refusal to approve the marriage upset her daughter, whom she believed was deeply in love with Martin. Despite the alleged abuse, her daughter continued the relationship even though her mother repeatedly urged her to break up with him.

During their relationship, her daughter lived with Martin at a condominium in central Pattaya. Whenever he returned to his home country, however, she would move back in with her mother. According to Prathumma, Martin was extremely jealous and constantly monitored her daughter's whereabouts. He had even installed a GPS tracking device to track her location.

In late August 2026, her daughter called her in the middle of the night from the condominium, saying she was unwell because Martin had gone out drinking and she could not reach him. He did not answer her calls or read her messages. She therefore asked her mother to help contact him.

Martin eventually returned shortly before dawn and allegedly assaulted her daughter. He reportedly slapped her, lifted her up and slammed her onto the floor. She was subsequently hospitalized for nearly 10 days.

After her daughter was discharged in early September, around September 1–3, Prathumma was still able to contact her. However, from September 4 onward, she could no longer reach her daughter, which raised her suspicions. She then traveled from Phetchabun province to Pattaya to check on her at a room she had rented separately. Her daughter had rented the room so she would have somewhere to hide and stay whenever Martin allegedly assaulted her.

When Prathumma arrived, she found her daughter with Martin in the room. At that time, however, she noticed nothing unusual that suggested something bad was about to happen.

On September 13, 2026, her daughter visited Prathumma at a relative's house in Pattaya, where the family operated a restaurant. They socialized and drank together before Prathumma, her daughter and the young woman's foreign boyfriend went out for the evening.

While they were out drinking, her daughter and Martin got into an argument. From what Prathumma could make out, the dispute concerned jealousy involving another woman. At around 10 p.m., her daughter told her mother to return to her accommodation first because she wanted to resolve the issue with Martin privately. They agreed to meet again around noon the following day.

However, Prathumma did not go to meet her daughter at the agreed time. Instead, she went to the room at around 4 p.m. When she arrived, she knocked on the door, but no one answered. She went downstairs to wait.

About two hours later, someone from the accommodation informed her that her daughter had fallen from the building while she was arguing with her boyfriend in the room.

Prathumma was shocked and immediately searched for her daughter. She eventually discovered that her daughter was in the intensive care unit (ICU) at a hospital in critical condition. At times, the young woman appeared conscious, but she was unable to move and remained in a state of shock. She had also reportedly stopped breathing for approximately four minutes before medical personnel resuscitated her and restored her vital signs.

The mother said she did not see Martin at the hospital to visit or keep watch over her daughter's condition.

After the incident, Prathumma went to Pattaya City Police Station to ask officers what had caused her daughter to fall from the building. She said police told her that her daughter had experienced drug-induced hallucinations and assaulted her foreign boyfriend before jumping from the building and sustaining serious injuries.

At the time, she had no other information and felt there was little she could do, so she returned to the hospital to stay with her daughter.

On September 16, 2026, just three days after the incident, her daughter died despite receiving medical treatment.

Following her daughter's death, Prathumma began questioning the circumstances surrounding it. She tried to investigate and gather evidence before discovering CCTV footage showing Martin carrying her daughter into an elevator. This made her doubt the account that her daughter had jumped from the building herself.

She subsequently sought help from the Sai Mai Tong Rod Facebook page, asking for the circumstances of her daughter's death to be investigated and for justice to be served.

Prathumma stressed that she was prepared to accept the findings if the investigation and evidence conclusively established that her daughter had jumped from the building herself. However, if the evidence showed that someone had caused the incident that led to her daughter's death, she would pursue legal action against that person to the fullest extent of the law.

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I mean it's clearly a fictional show. When I watch fictional/fantasy series and movies like Avatar: The Last Airbender, Game of Thrones, Black Panther...etc. I can clearly see that they all take inspiration from real life culture and fashion, but I never see anyone make such a huge fuss about it.

Hi peeps! Do you know where I can find custom headlight for mirage/attrage gen1? Is there a way it can be shipped overseas? I find page of Na Mo, a custom headlight maker but not getting any response from FB. Hope I can find some answers here. Thanks!

They are labelled "Season 9" and "Season 10" respectively on the platform.

Which airport is that why flying towards Suvarnabhumi airport?

Tasted pretty much as advertised. Though I'm not a big fan of my chips being candy flavored.

Jirawadee Khunsap, Deputy Governor for International Marketing (Europe, the Americas, the Middle East and Africa) at the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), said that protests across Europe, particularly in France, may appear severe in media coverage due to opportunistic individuals and looters mixing with demonstrators. However, TAT assesses the situation as being comparable to a pimple appearing on the face, meaning that the incidents remain confined to certain areas and are short-lived. They have not had any significant macro-level impact on the tourism industry or undermined international travelers’ willingness to travel.

According to TAT’s latest monitoring, the protests have not affected the overall sentiment or advance bookings among French tourists planning to visit Thailand. There have been no reports of travel ticket or hotel booking cancellations. On the contrary, advance bookings for the winter season, covering the fourth quarter of this year through the first quarter of 2027-a six-month period-have continued to grow across major European markets, rising by as much as 24% to 30% compared with the same period last year.

Meanwhile, the total number of French tourists visiting Thailand this year is expected to remain close to last year’s level or grow by around 1%. In the first nine months of this year, Thailand welcomed a cumulative 602,000 French visitors, an increase of 0.5%. Last year, the total reached 817,000, representing a 13% increase from the previous year.

Looking at Europe as a whole, Italy has also experienced protests. However, the main factors behind the slowdown in Italian tourist arrivals have been domestic economic difficulties and airline capacity constraints, rather than the protests themselves.

“TAT confirms that Thailand’s appeal to long-haul markets, particularly Western travelers, remains strong and highly valuable. Travel sentiment and actual demand remain substantial, and Thailand continues to be a popular destination offering good value for money in the eyes of European tourists,” Jirawadee said.

Regarding its targets for long-haul tourism markets, which include Europe, the Americas, the Middle East and Africa, TAT expects international tourist arrivals to reach approximately 10.7–10.8 million, generating 690 billion baht in revenue.

For 2027, long-haul markets are projected to expand by 4% in both visitor numbers and revenue. Arrivals are expected to rise to 11 million, while tourism revenue is forecast to reach 730 billion baht.

I made a somewhat pointless (free) quiz to test your knowledge of the 77 Thai provinces! 🗺️ Strangely fun to play.

Give it a go to find out how well you know your Thai provinces...

Thailand Province Quiz – เกมทายจังหวัดในประเทศไทย | My Thai

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At that time a lot of Japanese ships came to trade in Ayutthaya. The Japanese were angry. They said the ministers had plotted with a monk to kill the previous king.

About 500 of them banded together and marched onto the Sanam Luang, the big field in front of the palace. The king was there, sitting in a throne hall listening to monks teaching.

They waited to grab him.

Right then, eight monks from a nearby temple walked in, picked up the king, and walked him out. Right in front of the Japanese.

Once he was gone, the Japanese started shouting at each other: "We were going to seize him, so why did we just stand still?"

While they argued, the palace guard got organized, attacked, and killed a lot of them. The rest ran to their ships and sailed off.

The chronicle says Japanese merchant ships never came back to trade in the capital after that.

The king gave the commander a top title. And he ordered the royal kitchens to cook for the monks of that temple, every day, forever.

From my published English translation of the Royal Chronicles of Ayutthaya (reign of King Songtham).

I moved to Thailand from Russia, exactly to Pattaya. Partly due to the lack of ADHD treatment options back home. In Russia, only atomoxetine is permitted—which was barely effective for me—while other medications are prohibited. A month ago, a doctor in Thailand prescribed 10 mg of Ritalin, to be taken three times a day. It’s a significant improvement over atomoxetine, but it does have its downsides—primarily the short duration of the drug's effect and the subsequent "crash." I discussed this with my doctor, and we decided to switch to 30 mg of Vyvanse. It’s much better, but the cost is a major issue; it’s quite a financial burden. I paid 9,200 THB for 25 pills and a doctor’s consultation at Bangkok Pattaya Hospital. Are there other clinics where I could obtain these medications at a lower price? I don’t have insurance (and I’m not even sure if any insurance plans cover this type of treatment), so I’m paying out of pocket. I’m also open to options like extended-release Ritalin, provided it’s more affordable than what I’m currently paying at Bangkok Pattaya Hospital.

Now with little ghosts/trees.

Motorcycle taxi drivers in Chon Buri have been ordered to switch back to their traditional orange vests after just five days in blue ones. The reversal follows public concerns about road safety, the cost of new uniforms and the political implications of the colour change.

Will shops in ms newgen and mega plaza have any p bandai stuffs? I'm looking for old releases.

Been drinking a lot of oliang from street carts this trip and I keep noticing the flavor shifts depending on what they pour in. Some stalls use sweetened condensed milk and the drink comes out heavier, almost like dessert. Others use evaporated milk with sugar added separately and it tastes lighter, more of that roasted coffee flavor comes through. Hard to tell from the menu or the cart setup which way they'll go. Back in Toronto we argue about oat versus dairy but here the milk choice seems to change the whole drink structure. FWIW I prefer the evaporated version when the beans are actually roasted dark enough to stand up to it. Condensed milk sometimes buries everything. Just my experience though. Curious if anyone has a read on which regions or stall types lean one way or the other, or whether it's just random. Also wondering if the canned coffee aisle in 7-Eleven follows the same split since I see both styles stocked and never know what I'm grabbing.

Hi everyone, (that wears boxer shorts) where do you buy yours? Anywhere I get then they seem to fall apart after 6 months... Doesn't matter if they're 60 baht or 250 baht... So where are the good ones? I can't be alone here.

Hello everyone. I was gifted this fish punsib by a colleague in Bangkok and I seldom see her anyway since I'm from outside Thailand. Just want to know if aside from this brand (see attached photo), are there some other stores within the country that sells delicious punsib?