A heavily drunk man was found floating on a buoy 30 metres from the shore in Pattaya, eastern Thailand, in the early hours of this morning. His mother said he got into the sea after quarrelling with his girlfriend.
At 5am, officers at Mueang Pattaya Police Station were informed that someone had disappeared in the sea at Jomtien Beach in Nong Prue subdistrict, Bang Lamung district. Police and marine rescuers rushed to the beach.
Police found a 49 year old woman, Bang-on Tiabrit, crying for help. She said her son, Anon, went into the sea and disappeared more than half an hour ago.
Marine rescuers sent out a boat and after searching for more than one hour, they found 29 year old Anon Srirue unconscious lying on top of a buoy, more than 30 metres from the coast. They safely brought him ashore.
Bang-on said that her son had an argument with his girlfriend at the family…
