Boy denied B5 for cigarettes commits suicide

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Boy denied B5 for cigarettes commits suicide

Published: 3 Dec 2012 at 12.40
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BANGKOK – A 15 year-old boy is believed to have hanged himself because he was upset that his father refused to give him money to buy cigarettes.

Police were on Sunday told that a body had been found dangling from a rope at a construction camp site in Bung Kum district.

Investigators said the body of a 15-year-old boy (name withheld) was discovered by his father, hanging from a large iron beam behind the worker’s living quarters.

Police said he has been dead for 2-3 days. Nobody spotted the body earlier because there are several giant plastic sheets hanging from the girder. The sheets were used to keep dust from the construction site away from worker’s living areas.

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avegetable
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Discussion 4 : 03 Dec 2012 at 15.424
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@Dis 3: Obviously, the boy didn't go to his father and said " Give me 5 Baht to buy cigarettes." His father assumed that he would buy cigarettes. The boy was probably taking rejection all his life. It doesn't have to be mentioned in the article. Someone just wouldn't commit suicide for being rejected once. The boy might have asked for the money to buy a pack of gums.
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Discussion 3 : 03 Dec 2012 at 14.383
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Discussion 1:
No where in the report does it say that the boy was rejected by anyone.
"PROBABLY"-- is not FACT.
Please do not post if you are only guessing.
I feel for the father, i would also NOT give money to my 15 year old to buy cigarettes.
But a very sad story, that the boy took his own life for such a trivial reason.
R.I.P.
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Discussion 2 : 03 Dec 2012 at 13.462
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Another personal tragedy with questionable news-value. Also, the headline is highly speculative, since the connection between cigarette money and suicide is very tenuous and apparently suicide hasn't even been confirmed.

Very sad, but not necessarily national news IMO.
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Discussion 1 : 03 Dec 2012 at 13.461
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Probably, it's the continuous rejection the boy couldn't take any more. Rejection from family, friends, teachers, society etc.!!

I guess, I can understand his pain.

Rest In Peace.
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