In June 2010, while he was working on a rubber plantation near the Thai-Myanmar border, he was arrested by the Thai Police and charged with planting illegal rubber trees. He was detained for several months in prison until he was released in March 2011. When he came home he observed that his wife was suffering from severe depression. His wife was not thinking clearly. Da Wi ingested a poisonous herbicide and committed suicide in early January 2012.
(Note: This prior history of the parents was assessed and recorded by previous BID assessor in 2012)