German cliff jumper found dead

KRABI: Authorities have recovered the body of a German tourist who jumped off a cliff in Hat Noppharat Thara-Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park on Saturday afternoon.

Park chief Teekhawuth Sriburin said yesterday that the dead man, believed to be suffering from depression, jumped off a cliff as he was being escorted off a nature trail in Khao Ngon Nak by park rangers.

The incident happened so quickly the rangers had no chance of stopping him, he said.

Mr Teekhawuth said the rangers went looking for the man — identified as Loo Kevin Andre, 31 — after park officials received a phone call from a man claiming to be Loo’s father, asking them to look for his son, whom he said was suffering from a major depressive disorder.

Park rangers at the Thap Khaek forest protection unit checked their logbook and found that Loo had gone out hiking at 11.12am.

After about six hours of…