Watch in amazement as this case takes a new and most dramatic turn.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-29604685
After all, it was The UK government that put Bo Xilai inside after the Chinese investigation initially turned up nothing untoward.
Watch in amazement as this case takes a new and most dramatic turn.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-29604685
After all, it was The UK government that put Bo Xilai inside after the Chinese investigation initially turned up nothing untoward.
I'm not quite sure how the Royal Thai Police will react to an imputation that they are completely incompetent. A libel suit, perhaps? That seems to be a common practice in Thailand.
Contrary to the common claim, everyone likes to say "I told you." Including me.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-29706725
Hopefully the UK police will not be so concerned with Thailand saving face.
http://asiancorrespondent.com/127509/no ... -tourists/
Not trying to be unsympathetic, but why is there so much interest in this particular case? Think I just saw an article of an Australian being murdered about a week ago in Thailand, will there be this much concern? Will Australia be putting this much effort into this murder? This is not the first and certainly will not be the last murder of a foreigner in Thailand or around the world. Just wondering.
There are a few related links in the Protest Updates thread. It goes to the heart of police corruption here in Thailand, to the efforts of the government to end corruption which so far and been unsuccessful, to the General's comment implying the victim contributed to her murder by being young and wearing a bikini (although she was fully clothed when attacked), to "face saving" and getting a conviction before the truth, to tourism and the safety of tourists, etc. I haven't been following the Australian case but the details and story of the Koh Tao murders read like a never ending soap opera.Originally Posted by stkyricesf
A new article from Time magazine
This Septic Isle: Backpackers, Bloodshed and the Secretive World of Koh Tao
Charlie Campbell / Koh Tao and Koh Samui @charliecamp6ell
July 16, 2015
The death-penalty case has caused an international sensation
The balcony of room A5 at Ocean View Bungalows commands one of the finest vistas of Koh TaoтАЩs sweeping Sairee Beach. Traditional longtail boats, a rainbow of scarves adorning their bows, bob on the lapping water of the glistening bay. And right in the foreground, rising proudly from sliver sands, protrude a scattering of granite boulders, a furtive relic of this tranquil 21-sq-km (8 sq. mi.) islandтАЩs volcanic inception.
These rocks are no strangers to explosive secrets. On Sept. 15, one of the occupants of that same room A5, Hannah Witheridge, was found bludgeoned to death in their midst alongside fellow British tourist David Miller, just a short stumble from her door. Witheridge, 23, from Great Yarmouth, a seaside town on the English east coast, had been raped and killed by blows to the head. Miller, a year older and from Jersey, one of the U.K.тАЩs Channel Islands, had likewise suffered deep lacerations to his skull before drowning in the shallow surf..... (read more)......
http://time.com/3955081/thailand-koh-ta ... a-myanmar/
Teeranai Charuvastra
24 December 2015
BREAKING: Two Myanmar Men Convicted of Koh Tao Murders and Rape. Death Sentence for both
By Teeranai Charuvastra
Staff Reporter
SAMUI - The court today found two Myanmar workers guilty of killing two British backpackers in southern Thailand more than a year ago.
The court on Samui island this morning ruled that there is sufficient evidence to implicate the two defendants, Zaw Lin and Wai Phyo, in the double murder of British nationals David Miller and Hannah Witheridge in September 2014. Although there were no direct wictnesses, the DNA found on the defendants was enough, according to the court.
The case which has since attracted intense media coverage and public scrutiny. ... (read more )....http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.ph ... 6§ion=
I'm surprised the family say they're satisfied both with the process and verdict. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35173688
Sure
To announce that the evidence again the burmese boys was "absolutely overwhelming" is as ridiculous as the poll suggesting that 99 % of thai people were happy with the junta.
The fact is there is absolutely no valid evidence for either sentensing or clearing the accused. In our countries, any doubt profit the accused, obviously not true in Thailand and many other places.
Disgusting
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