Overview

• Police from Bo Phut Station discovered Christopher Saines unresponsive at the Siam Touch Massage parlour on Monday morning after a late-night oil massage.
• Lieutenant Colonel Phumaret Inkong reported there were no signs of physical struggle or injury and the death is not being treated as suspicious.
• Officers recovered a zip-lock bag containing white powder in Saines’s pocket, with initial field testing indicating it may be an illicit drug.
• Thai authorities have fast-tracked toxicology screening of the substance and are expediting a post-mortem examination at Surat Thani Hospital to determine the exact cause.
• Saines, 43, was holidaying with his wife and two young children at Villa Mia and had led Brisbane’s GLG Legal as CEO since 2014.