The death was barely noticeable. The news about it was brief, published almost two weeks after the event. The father of the man who plunged to his death from the 8th-floor window of the Criminal Court Building last month after hearing the lower court had dismissed the case involving the murder of his son died out of grief.
According to the family, the grandfather who had been ill in his old age was heartbroken after learning that his son, Supachai Thalahasunthon, 52, had taken his own life. He refused to eat. His frail health declined further and he finally passed away on Aug 15.
Atiya Achakulwisut is a columnist, Bangkok Post.
