Mother Grieves as Soldier Killed in Beer Hall Fire Returns Home
A 29-year-old volunteer soldier killed in a Bangkok beer hall fire was returned to his family in Suphan Buri Province, with his grieving mother accompanying his coffin home for Buddhist funeral rites.
On July 13, 2026, at 4:40 p.m. at the Police Hospital's Institute of Forensic Medicine, the family of Volunteer Soldier Pisanu Taengsopha, 29, a military guard attached to Division 9 in Kanchanaburi Province, arrived to claim his body following a fatal fire at a beer hall in the Lat Phrao area of Bangkok. The family arranged for a monk to conduct a ceremony to invite the spirit of the deceased before officials transferred the coffin to a vehicle for transport to his hometown in Samchuk District, Suphan Buri Province.
The family had invited one Buddhist monk to perform the ritual invocation of the deceased's spirit before the body was loaded into the vehicle to be returned home. As officials moved Pisanu's remains into the vehicle, his mother wept throughout the process. She then sat inside the vehicle with her son's coffin, gently stroking and patting it while saying through tears, "come home, son"—a moment that moved everyone present.
When reporters asked whether the family had lingering concerns or worries about the incident, particularly regarding safety measures, the mother of the deceased responded briefly, saying only "let me arrange my son's funeral first" before departing with his body. Pisanu's remains were taken to his home in Lat Bai Mai Village, Kraseiao Subdistrict, Samchuk District, Suphan Buri Province, for the religious funeral rites. The Po Teck Tung Foundation arranged transportation for the family, with Pisanu's wife and mother traveling in the same van as his coffin back to Suphan Buri Province for the continuation of the Buddhist funeral ceremonies.
