Police on Koh Phangan searched an ashram affiliated with the religious cult on Sunday as part of a wider investigation into the death of the Belgian tourist . When police from Koh Phangan station arrived at the ashram, they found only two Indian members on the premises. Koh Phangan police chief Pol Col Somchai Noppasri said the two Indians told the investigators that Raaman Andreas left for Sri Lanka and India two months ago. They did not know when he will return, he added. Police believe Dallemagne was a devotee of the Indian sect but have not yet linked it with her death.

Plainclothes police visit a branch of the Sathya Sai Baba sect on Koh Phangan in Surat Thani province on Sunday as part of the investigation into the death of Belgian tourist Elise Dallemagne. SUPAPONG CHAOLAN

Online reporters Elise Dallemagne, the Belgian woman found dead on Koh Tao on April 27, reportedly had a history of attempting suicide, according to Thai police. A source from the Crime Suppression Division (CSD) said Dallemagne tried to take her own life at Nopphawong railway station in Bangkok on April 4. She was saved by railway police and other people at the scene and sent to the Somdet Chaopraya Institute of Psychiatry for treatment, the source said, adding that she later travelled to Koh Tao. Pol Col Phumin Poompanmuang has sought a record of the incident from Nopphawong police station, as well as the results of her medical examination, the source added. He is expected to receive the details Monday. Dallemagne allegedly hanged herself on Koh Tao, an island popular among scuba divers, but her mother Michele van Egten was adamant her 30-year-old daughter would not have committed suicide. Pol Maj Gen Suthin Sapphuang on Sunday ordered police to investigate the cause of Dallemagne's death by interviewing witnesses and staff of the ferry she booked to Chumphon before her death, the source added. Police investigations found she had visited Thailand many times on tourist visas. Shortly before her latest visa expired on March 30, she renewed it for one month. Police are now trying to figure out whether Dallemagne took her own life or was murdered and are examining the forensic evidence. Maj Gen Chalit Thinthanee, commander of Police Region 8, said earlier the tourist and immigration police are trying to locate Raaman Andreas, leader of the Sathya Sai Baba cult on neighbouring Koh Phangan. Police said they suspect Dallemagne was a member of the Indian cult. Maj Gen Chalit said the Belgian was believed to have met the German leader of the cult several times.

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Elise Dallemagne, the Belgian woman found dead on Koh Tao on April 27, reportedly had a history of attempting suicide, according to Thai police.

Elise Dallemagne, a Belgian tourist, was found hanged on Koh Tao in a case which has aroused suspicions of foul play. (Facebook)

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Vocabulary:

adamant : determined not to change your belief or decision about something - ยืนกราน

affiliated : a connection with a political party or religion, or with a larger organisation - ที่ผูกพัน

allegedly (adv): stated without giving complete proof - ที่ถูกกล่าวหา, นัยว่า

ashram (noun): a place where Hindus who wish to live away from society live together as a group; a place where other Hindus go for a short time to say prayers before returning to society - สถานที่สอนศาสนาฮินดู

branch : an office, company, shop, etc., representing a large company or organisation in a particular area - สาขา

cause : the person or thing that makes something happen - สาเหตุ

commander : a police offer of high rank - ผู้บังคับบัญชา

Crime Suppression Division (CSD) : a national police department responsible for conducting most of the technical investigations of criminal offenses - กองบังคับการปราบปราม

cult : a religious group with controversial practices and beliefs that from the normal ones and which people believe are dangerous -

details : small facts or pieces of information relating to a situation - รายละเอียด

devotee : a very religious person who belongs to a particular group; a person who admires and is very enthusiastic about somebody/something - ผู้มีใจศรัทธา,ผู้อุทิศตัวกับ,ผู้หมกมุ่นใน

evidence : facts statements or objects that help to prove whether or not someone has committed a crime - หลักฐาน

expire : to come to an end or stop being in use - หมดอายุ

ferry : a boat for taking passengers across an area of water, especially as a regular service - เรือรับส่งข้ามฟาก

figure out : to be able to understand something or to solve a problem - คิดออก

forensic : relating to the use of scientific methods to solve crimes or to find out why something happened - เกี่ยวกับนิติวิทยาศาสตร์

hang (verb): to kill somebody by tying a rope around their neck and allowing them to drop; to be killed in this way - ฆ่าด้วยการแขวนคอ

history (noun): the set of facts that are known about somebody's/something's past; a record of something happening frequently in the past life of a person, family or place; facts about someone's past illnesses - ประวัติเฉพาะราย, ประวัติคนไข้,

immigration police : the police agency dealing with people entering and leaving the country - สำนักงานตรวจคนเข้าเมือง

incident : something that happens, usually something bad - เหตุการณ์

institute (noun): an organization that has a particular purpose, especially one that is connected with education or a particular profession; the building used by this organisation - สถาบัน,องค์การ,วิทยาลัย,สถาบันหนึ่งของมหาวิทยาลัย

interview : a meeting (often a public one) at which a person is asked questions in order to find out their opinions, experiences, etc. - การสัมภาษณ์

investigate : to try to find out the facts about something in order to learn the truth about it - ตรวจสอบหาความจริง

investigation : the process of trying to find out all the details or facts about something - การสอบสวน

linked : connected - เชื่อมต่อ เชื่อมโยง

locate : to find where someone or something is - หาทำเล,หาที่ตั้ง

medical : connected with illness and injury and their treatment - ทางการแพทย์, ด้านการแพทย์, เกี่ยวกับการแพทย์

murder (verb): to commit the crime of killing someone deliberately - ฆาตกรรม, สังหาร

plainclothes (adj): ordinary clothes, esp. of police officers who wear regular clothes instead of police uniforms - นอกเครื่องแบบ

popular (adj): a situation in which someone or something is liked by many people - เป็นที่นิยม, เป็นที่ชื่นชอบ

premises : the buildings and land that a business or organisation uses - ที่ดินและสิ่งปลูกสร้าง

psychiatry (noun): the study and treatment of mental illness - จิตเวชศาสตร์

renew : to add to the time something can be done or used - ต่ออายุ

reportedly : as reported (often used for showing that you are not certain that something you are reporting is true) - ตามที่รายงาน

scene : site; a place where something happens or happened - สถานที่เกิดเหตุ

scuba diver (noun): a swimmer who swims underwater using special breathing equipment consisting of a container of air which you carry on your back and a tube through which you breathe the air. - นักดำน้ำแบบสกูบา

sect : a small group of people who belong to a particular religion but who have some beliefs or practices which separate them from the rest of the group - นิกาย (ทางศาสนา),กลุ่ม, พรรค

sought (past tense of seek) : tried to get/do something; asked for something - พยายามได้, พยายามได้มา

source : someone who gives information - แหล่งข่าว

staff : workers employed by a person or organisation considered as a group - คณะผู้ทำงาน, คนงาน

suicide : the action of deliberately killing yourself - การฆ่าตัวตาย

suspect : to believe that something is true, especially something bad - สงสัย, เป็นที่สงสัยว่า

treatment : the process of providing medical care - การรักษา

victim : someone who has been harmed, injured or killed as the result of a crime - เหยื่อผู้เคราะห์ร้าย

witness : a person who sees something happen or knows about something - ผู้ที่เห็นเหตุการณ์, พยาน