- "When alive, he used to demonstrate at our office how he would insert two fingers into the electrical plughole without problems," the official said.
That's no big deal. The current was alternating between the two fingers and in a place like Vietnam the power must be weak. But once he started messing around with a generator, he made the mistake of being grounded and got a serious shock through his whole body.
Third world likes 220 volts, it's cheaper to wire requiring a smaller gauge. But, just pressing your fingers against the face plate of an outlet (typically two holes smaller than 1/8" with the contacts well behind) is going to do nothing.