Crime
Parents of 20 Year Old Chinese Woman Found Dead in Pattaya Seek Answers
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PATTAYA – Parents of a 20-year-old Chinese student was found dead at a condo in Pattaya on Aug 3, after being lured to meet a business associate in Thailand, are seeking answers after conflicting information.
The young woman was identified as Zhang Chunrong from Hunan province, reportedly arrived in Thailand on Aug 3 and her family lost contact with her right away, according to the report by China.org.cn
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The authorized government web portal reported that staff of the Chinese embassy in Bangkok called her mother, Jing, to inform her that Zhang was found dead on a Pattaya beach three days after she arrived in Thailand.
However pattayanews.com reported on Friday that the woman was found dead on the balcony of a room on the fifth floor of the View Talay 7 condominium on Jomtien beach on Aug 4.
The family was quoted as saying that Zhang had traveled to Thailand to meet a person who supplied Thai products to her six-month-old online shop. Unless she visited personally, the person reportedly threatened to stop supplying her.
The mother feared the message was a trap, China.org.cn reported.
The website’s story, written in Thai, quoted her 32-year-old friend, identified as Lin Kun, as saying that Zhang had arrived at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi airport alone about noon on Aug 3 and was suffering from a stomach ache and a high fever.
The woman obtained some medicine at a local clinic. Then she boarded a bus and reached Pattaya about 8pm on Aug 3, the report said.