Theerarak
Suthathiwong
An elderly Finnish man died after apparently
suffering cramps and drowning while swimming in his neighborhood pool.
Police found Pekka Koponen, 71, an hour after
drowning at his Chokchai Garden Village 4 development on Soi Khao Noi
Nov. 17. The body showed no other signs of assault or injury.
Witness Wongduan Obchua, 30, said she and her husband
were swimming in the pool and had seen Koponen wade into the shallow
end. When he began struggling, a foreign resident jumped in to help him
and performed CPR, but the Finn died at the scene.