Apartment Owner Seeks Justice in Burmese Worker's Drowning Death
A Burmese worker died from electrical electrocution in a canal near Chachoengsao on June 28 after accidentally dropping a live power cable into water, contradicting a witness's false claim that he drowned while drunk.
A Thai apartment owner is demanding justice for 30-year-old Burmese national Miao Lin Lu, who drowned in a canal near Wat Sotsorn School sports facility in Chachoengsao province's Muang district on the morning of June 28. A woman named Kik King So, 30, a fellow Burmese worker who knew the deceased from construction work together, initially told police that he drowned while drunk after days of heavy drinking and refusing to sleep.
When the deceased's body was discovered floating in the canal the next morning, rescue efforts were attempted, but he was already dead. However, apartment owner Ms. Sara, 48, reviewed CCTV footage and discovered a completely different account of events. According to the video, the deceased was the first to arrive at work that morning. Before his death, concrete had been poured along the canal embankment. The CCTV shows the worker connected a power cable to an angle grinder and lowered it into the water to sharpen steel frames. While grinding, he accidentally dragged the power cable, causing the outlet to fall into the canal. The electrical short circuit electrocuted Miao Lin Lu. The witness's husband immediately unplugged the device and jumped into the water to help, witnessing the entire incident.
Ms. Sara expressed dismay that Kik King So's testimony to police was completely false and contradicted the factual evidence. She questioned why a fellow countryman would provide such inaccurate information and has now shared the CCTV footage with police to establish the truth. She has also invited a monk to perform a merit-making ceremony for the deceased's spirit, which departed three days ago.
