Singaporean dies after massage on Phuket beach

PHUKET – A Singaporean vacationing in Phuket has died shortly after a lengthy body massage at Patong beach, in Kathu district, police said.
Patong police chief Pol Col Chalermchai Hernsawad said police were informed by a beach massage shop at Patong there was problem involving a Singaporean tourist, about 11.03pm on Saturday.
Lee Mun Tuck, 52, had been given an oil body massage on the beach for 45 minutes. He had relaxed after the service and then stopped breathing, he said.
The massage shop had asked police and medics for help after the man was given CPR but did not regain consciousness.
Pol Col Chalermchai said Lee’s wife refused to allow an autopsy and was taking his body back home for religious rites.
The name of the massage shop was not disclosed.
It was second death over the weekend involving massage. A luk thung-mor lam singer died on Sunday after three massage rounds, two of them to her neck.