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Thai boy commits suicide after being banned from computer games
May 22, 2009, 2:40 GMT
Bangkok - A 12-year-old Thai boy jumped to his death from the sixth floor of his school after being banned from playing computer games by his policeman father, media reports said Friday.
Pongsathorn Wattanabenjasopha was pronounced dead on arrival at a hospital in Samut Prakan, a province neighbouring Bangkok, after leaping from his classroom balcony Thursday, the Bangkok Post newspaper reported.
'Tomorrow will be my last day,' Pongsathorn wrote Wednesday night in a message to a friend found on his mobile phone.
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