Police take a statement
from Fiancé Saowanee Siawapee.
Boonlua Chatree
A Belgian man set to leave for Issan to marry his
Thai girlfriend died after falling in his Pattaya home.
Jean-Luc Marcel Schmit, 58, was found dead on the
third floor of the house on Pratamnak Soi 5. Fianc้ Saowanee Siawapee,
25, said she and Schmit’s sister were downstairs when she heard a loud
crash and discovered her paramour collapsed on the floor. Dating for
eight months, they had planned to leave the next day to get married in
Udon Thani.
The Belgian embassy was notified and the body sent to
the Forensics Institute to determine the cause of death.
