Last Week in Reality: Nov 2-5

November 14th, 2007

2 FRI

In Bangkok, a distraught businessman fatally wounds himself with a knife. Chotchai and his wife, Daeng, both 35, own a clothes shop in Partunam. He has financial problems and must regularly borrow from his wife. On Friday, as she waits for him in the car, Chotchai writes a farewell letter saying that he can’t make Daeng happy and regrets her having to help him. He slashes his throat open before stabbing himself in the heart three times. When Daeng returns to the room, she finds the body.

In Bangkok, police arrest a fake aristocrat and charge her with fraud. Somboon, 50, claims she’s a khunying and also a colonel. She goes to charity events where she offers to help police and military officers get promotions, in exchange for "donations." Finally, one of her victims, a businessman who gave her B100,000 for charity, files a lawsuit against her.

3 SAT

In Bangkok, a university lecturer’s naked body is found in a bathtub with a dildo and a lady’s black G-string on the bed. Surarit, 39, checks into a room at My Lady Hotel at 2am, where he is a regular. By 2pm, a housekeeper notices that he hasn’t checked out and lets herself in. She finds Surarit's dead body in the bathtub with a dildo. On the bed, there is a laptop facing the bathroom, gay porno VCDs and a lady’s G-string. Staff reported helping Surarit through an epileptic incident before. Police surmise his condition is related to his death.

4 SUN

In Ayutthaya, a thief and killer blames the ghost of his victim for his arrest. Thongkam, 28, kills a taxi driver by strangling him and forcing his head underwater. He and his friends take the man’s money and taxi, and drive off. On their way, Thongkam feels someone pull at the steering wheel, causing the car to veer into a pond. Thanks to the accident, police arrest him.

5 MON

In Pathum Thani, a doctor is attacked by the relative of one of the hospital patients. Sombat, 50 is there to see a male relative. He complains to the man's doctor,
Dr. Supaporn, about the poor treatment he is receiving and the terrible conditions in the hospital.
Dr. Supaporn replies that they are aware of the problems and trying to fix them. When the doctor
tries to leave, Sombat becomes enraged, grabs the doctor by the neck, and slaps her. Sombat is arrested.