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An elderly Thai man who kept the body of his dead wife in a coffin for 21 years in the room where he slept has finally bid farewell after her remains were removed to be cremated.
Distressing video shows the moment Charn Janwatchakal, 72, watches on as charity workers retrieve the rotting coffin from the dingy space, surrounded by plastic bags and other rubbish in the Bang Khen district of Bangkok.
Mr Janwatchakal, a former medic in the Royal Thai Army, had requested the assistance of the Phet Kasem Bangkok Foundation to cremate his wife, who died from a congenital disease in 2001.
In the footage, taken on April 30, the workers first carefully remove the coffin from the ramshackle single-storey property.
Charn Janwatchakal, 72, kept the body of his dead wife in a coffin for 21 years in the room where he slept. He has now finally bid farewell after her remains were removed to be cremated. (He is seen above paying his final respects)
