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Thai undertaker brings corpse to petrol station to prove fuel need

A Thai undertaker’s extreme mission to prove he was not hoarding fuel went viral over the weekend after he brought a coffin containing a body…

By Samantha Johnson / March 30, 2026

A Thai undertaker’s extreme mission to prove he was not hoarding fuel went viral over the weekend after he brought a coffin containing a body to a petrol station to convince attendants the extra fuel he needed was for cremation, not black market resale.

Thais have been pressed into energy-saving mode by the US-Israel war on Iran, which has throttled oil and gas supplies to much of Asia.
Thailand’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul insists there is enough fuel for over three months, while the country’s own refineries are working at maximum capacity to cover the nation’s daily needs.

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But panic buying, hoarding and price-gouging has prompted shortages and daily limits on filling up at many petrol stations across the country.

Motorists queue to fill up at a petrol station in Bangkok, Thailand, on March 17 amid the Iran war. Photo: EPA
Motorists queue to fill up at a petrol station in Bangkok, Thailand, on March 17 amid the Iran war. Photo: EPA

Perhaps the most radical measure by hard-pressed consumers so far was carried out by an undertaker in Ban Bueng district of Chonburi on Sunday, who live-streamed his desperate bid to convince station attendants that he was not seeking extra supplies to resell on the black market.

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