Maltese man found dead in Thailand

An unnamed 70-year-old Maltese man was found dead by his Thai girlfriend at the Maximum Guesthouse in Nanai Road, Patong.

A local newspaper, the Phuket Wan, reported that the Maltese man was among three tourists who were found in the popular tourist destination of Phuket.

The newspaper said the causes of the deaths are not suspicious but are yet to be established.

However, the septuagenarian's girlfriend told the Thai police that the man was a heavy smoker and asthmatic. The reports said that the man's body was found naked on the bed and was than taken to Patong Hospital.

In a separate incident, the body of a 29-year-old American woman was found in a guesthouse in Rawai, southern Phuket, at 10pm last night, just a few hours after the woman had checked in.

Her body was found face down on a bed, with the woman dressed in a singlet and underpants. There were no signs of disturbance.

The Phuket police believe there were no suspicious circumstances.

Two hours earlier, the body of a 24-year-old Frenchman was found hanging from a doorway at a house in Moo 7, Saiyuan, Rawai.

The owner of the rented property said that she had last seen the Frenchman alive on April 26.

There were no signs of a disturbance and no letter.

Police believed the man had been dead for four days. Some marijuana was found in a bedroom.

The body was taken for further examination to Vachira Phuket Hospital in Phuket City.