Chiang Mai Man Self-Harms After Woman Leaves Him for Another
A 29-year-old man from Chiang Mai self-harmed at a temple in Lopburi after discovering the woman he met through social media was with another man, police said.
On August 5, Lopburi police responded to a report of self-harm at Wat Nakhon Kosa temple grounds in Muang district. Officers found a man with blood covering his arm and immediately provided first aid. The man, identified as Bote, 29, from Chiang Mai, explained that he had arrived by train on August 4 to meet a woman named "A" whom he had befriended on social media five months earlier. After meeting in person and sharing a meal, he believed their relationship was deepening and gave her over 3,000 baht when she asked to borrow money for a phone. That evening at 8 p.m., when they arranged to meet again, he found her with another man. After they argued and she fled with the other man, he was unable to contact her. Feeling hopeless and seeking her sympathy, he decided to harm himself. Police discovered Bote lives with his grandmother in Chiang Mai and has a documented history of depression requiring ongoing medication. During questioning, Bote showed officers a photo of the woman that he used as his phone wallpaper. He stated he would not harm himself again and did not wish to press charges against the woman, saying he only wanted to return home to his grandmother and would not trust deceptive people anymore. Officers escorted him to the train station and instructed railway staff to look after him until he safely reached Chiang Mai.
