News Forum - Son who tried to starve mother to death dies of TB in NE Thailand

[Thaiger]

A Thai man who tried to starve his mother to death in the hope of getting her inheritance was found dead yesterday in the family home in Isaan of Buriram province. It is believed he died of Tuberculosis. Officers from Satuek Police Station and a Wang Krut Rescue team were called to investigate a one-story house in the Nikom sub-district, Satuek district, yesterday after being notified of the man’s death by a family neighbour. The officers found the rotten corpse of 57-year-old Thongdee Salangam on a wooden bed inside the house being eaten by worms. Officers found the revolting smell […]

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[Ramanathan.P]

The mother has not had any food for 3 to 4 days and the son has been dead for about the same number of days. How can it be letting the mother to starve to dead to acquire her property?......something did not make sense at all...

 

[Chatogaster]

Just now, Ramanathan.P said:

The mother has not had any food for 3 to 4 days and the son has been dead for about the same number of days. How can it be letting the mother to starve to dead to acquire her property?......something did not make sense at all...

Just to make some sense of it:

1. Apart from the fact that Thai (rural) tap-water can be very nutritious (many organisms) and be full of essential minerals (iron, calcium, etc.), the son probably provided a paltry amount of food in addition to that.
2. Inheritance law.