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35 Danes Died in Thailand in 2006
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Lagt på d. 16/02-2007 11:26
35 Danes Died in Thailand in 2006
At the end of the year, the statistics shows that 35 Danes have lost their lives in Thailand in 2006.

According to an unofficial annual balance from the Danish Embassy in Bangkok, 35 Danes have lost their lives in Thailand during the year of 2006. Most of the fatalities are rather undramatic.
But from the more dramatic scenes one killing is registered, which took place in December on the Island of Koh Samui.
The 34-year-old Dane John Terry Petersen was shot down and killed immediately in what looked like an execution. The police still held one suspect in custody and so far the motive is unknown. The case has not been bound for trial yet.
The roads of Thailand have also contributed to the statistics with five fatal accidents – all of them involving motorcycles.
“We always try to encourage people to remember to be adequately insured as well as to be really careful in the traffic, because the driving habits are so different from the Danish ones,” the Danish ambassador to Thailand H. E. Michael Sternberg tells ScandAsia.
According to the statistics, most of the Danes have died from a heart attack or simply a natural course. More accurate the number is 29. The oldest one became 91 years of age.
“Many Danes are living permanently in Thailand, so the number is in that sense not surprisingly,” Mr. Sternberg explains and continues.
“At the first glance, the number of 35 may look high. But if you consider that up to 120,000 Danes have been in Thailand during 2006, the figure of 35 fatalities and the course of death actually just follows the standard distribution of a larger Danish city within a year,” the Danish ambassador ends.

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