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SURAT THANI — Police have closed down all piers on the island of Koh Tao in an effort to entrap a suspect behind the brutal murder of two foreign tourists on the island.

Police say two Caucasian tourists, a man and a woman, were found dead near Hat Sai Ri Beach on the island this morning. The female tourist was naked and "slashed" to death, police say, while the male tourist was killed with a "cutting wound" on the back of his neck.

The two bodies were found 20 metres apart from each other, and approximately 100 metres away from the nearest bar on the beach. A bloody hoe was also found in the area, leading police to suspect that it was used in the gruesome murders.

Witnesses said they saw the two tourists, believed to be a couple, drinking and dancing with other party-goers on the beach the previous night. The pair then left the party, presumably to take a stroll, according to witnesses.

Police believe the suspect may have attempted to sexually assault the female victim before she was killed.

Koh Tao is a popular tourist destination in the Gulf of Thailand near Koh Pha Ngan island, the site of the famous Full Moon Party.


http://www.khaoso...ypecate=06

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Details are still emerging but it's known that the bodies of a young British woman and an Irish man were found early today on a beach at Koh Tao, a small island near the full moon party destination of Koh Pangan, in the Gulf of Thailand.

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Politiet har anholdt tre de var i besiddelse af kvindes telefon

deres tøj var indsmurt i blod, tøjet bliver nu undersøgt for dna

så mon ikke det er var de tre

vi venter på flere venter på flere detaljer

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Surat police detain three Myanmar workers for questioning in connection with Britons murder

http://englishnew...ns-murder/

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en lille video med de tre anholdte

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MURDERS
Myanmar suspects released

POLICE LAST NIGHT ruled out three Myanmar workers being involved in the murder of two British tourists, as the government appeared to call into question the "behaviour" of the victims themselves.

The bodies of Hannah Witheridge and David Miller, both 24, arrived in Bangkok late yesterday for forensic examination.

The victims were found naked and beaten to death early on Monday near a beachside bungalow on Koh Tao, a popular diving spot near Koh Pha-ngan. A bloodied hoe was discovered 35 metres from the murder scene.

Three male Myanmar workers were held for questioning, but ruled out of the investigation yesterday afternoon, southern regional police commander Panya Mamen told AFP.

"They were very far from the scene ... it was probably not them," he said, adding that DNA samples had been collected from the men. However, he did not give details of any further leads as the manhunt on the small, normally tranquil island stretched into a second day without an arrest.

Police have also cleared a number of British tourists who travelled with the victims of being involved.

Earlier yesterday, local TV news reports showed police officers searching several shacks belonging to Myanmar migrants on the island.

Yesterday, Prime Minister General Prayuth Chan-ocha said "We have to look into the behaviour of the other party too, because this kind of incident should not happen to anybody and it has affected our image," he told reporters, adding the authorities were working "swiftly" to find the killers.

Koh Tao, home to stunning white sand beaches and azure waters, is popular with divers but is smaller and more laid-back than neighbouring Koh Phangan—which draws hordes of backpackers to its hedonistic "full moon" party.

Later Prayuth said local people must tell "tourists when the safe times are to be outside, we have to help them understand".

Police had earlier said the pair had been seen partying at a local bar just hours before they died.

Police sources said police had found a pair of blood-stained jeans and four iPhones - two of which had screens that were cracked - in a search of nine rooms occupied by six migrants yesterday.

The country is desperate to avoid further damage to the nation's lucrative tourism industry, which has been battered in recent months after a prolonged political crisis ended in a coup.

The army swiftly blanketed the country with a curfew and strict martial law, frightening off visitors.

Britain says Thailand is the country where its citizens are second most likely to require consular assistance if they visit, behind the Philippines.

There were 389 deaths of British nationals in Thailand in the year to March 2013 -- about one for every 2,400 British visitors or residents—although that figure includes natural causes.

But it is rare for tourists to be murdered in Thailand, although it is not uncommon for visitors to die accidentally.

Deputy national police chief Pol Gen Somyot Poompanmueng earlier said the suspect is seen in the footage walking around the scene of the murders, on Chor Por Ror beach.

Somyot said it was assumed that the killer or killers would be local residents or migrant workers, as they would know where to acquire the murder weapon - a hoe.

He said Prayuth Chan-ocha had phoned him to directly instruct him to identify and arrest those responsible as a matter of utmost urgency.

Prayuth spoke to reporters at Government House, acknowledging that the murders had affected Thailand and its public image in terms of tourism, and that he would ask the police to speed up the investigation.

Meanwhile, the regional Tourism Authority office tasked with affairs in Europe, Africa and the Middle East issued a statement to the press in the United Kingdom expressing sorrow over the double-murder and condemning the violence as unacceptable, while vowing to maintain efforts to identify and arrest the killers.

http://www.nation...43457.html

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Friends of murdered Britons asked to remain in Thailand

Police have asked friends of David Miller, one of the British tourist killed in Koh Tao, to remain in Thailand pending further investigation into his murder, Deputy Police Chief Gen Somyot Pumpunmuang said Wednesday.

Miller’s friends, whom Somyot did not identify, were at Suvarnabhumi International Airport, about to leave Thailand.

Somyot said the two of Miller's friends have been asked to remain in Thailand for 48 hours pending investigation and results of samples DNA collected from the victims’ bodies.

http://www.nation...43462.html

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http://www.bt.dk/...e-en-smoeg

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det ser lidt mærkeligt ud de kontrollere alle ikke thaier, hvem siger at det ikke er en eller to af de lokale thaier der er gerningsmændene



British tourists murder suspects are Asian -Thai police

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Rygter rygter lad os nu se hvad der sker


Thai media reporting cops have arrested a 23 year old drug addict suspected of killing the two British backpackers. He was hiding in a cave.

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DAY EIGHT
DNA samples to be sought of all Koh Tao residents
http://www.nation...43802.html

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http://ekstrablad...036818.ece

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Scottish man goes into hiding on Thai island after claiming he knows who killed backpackers David Miller and Hannah Witheridge












http://www.dailyr...nd-4302708

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Faces of killers?

Scottish tourist 'can ID killers'

read here http://www.bangko...id-killers

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Hvorfor tager det så lang tid at opklare en sag svaret er: AT borgmesterens bror er blandt de mistænkte


Arrests expected today in Koh Tao murders Brother of island's village chief among suspects

Police say they have identified all the suspects and are linking them to the evidence on hand, he said. "Please have confidence in our work. There will be no scapegoats," Lt Gen Panya said said. "The case is being closely watched worldwide and we're working hard to make the case as airtight as possible."

http://www.bangko...ao-murders


KOH TAO'S MURDERS
Suspect in Koh Tao murders taken for questioning

Police have taken into custody for questioning a man who they believe was involved in the murders of two British backpackers on Koh Tao off Surat Thani province last week.

The man is a younger brother of an influential person on the island and believed to be the man seen on a security camera near the crime scene.

Pol Lt Gen Punya Mamen, chief investigator for the murders, said on Tuesday that another man suspected of being among the attackers had already fled Koh Tao and was believed to be hiding in Bangkok.

Punya refused to reveal the name of the suspect, saying that police are questioning the man and that the police expected to arrest another man in Bangkok today.

Today was the ninth day since David Miller and Hannah Witheridge, both British, were brutally killed on the island. Both suffered head wounds and police said Witheridge was sexually assaulted.

http://www.nation...43921.html

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Dette turistfoto kan afsløre dobbeltmordere
Turist på thailandsk ferieø kan have fotograferet gerningsmændene til brutalt drab

Ifølge Bangkok Post har politiet tidligere afhørt de to mænd, der begge nægtede alt og samtidig afviste at afgive dna-prøve.

- Jeg er overbevist om, at de to mænd snart vil blive anholdt, siger den nationale vicepolitidirektør Somyot Pumpanmuang.

Politichef i Surat Thani, Kiattipong Khaosam, har tidligere oplyst, at de to mænd blev set 15. september til fods i retning mod Jor Por Ror – samme rute, som Miller og Witheridge var gået, inden de blev fundet dræbt.

http://ekstrablad...045006.ece

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hvem har gjordt hvad den sag er og bliver rodet tegningen illustrerer godt hvordan der efterforskes , sørgeligt

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Læs videre her
http://ekstrablad...079057.ece

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Police investigators have released photographs and video footage of an unidentified man they believe could be a key to resolving the Koh Tao double-murder case and are asking the public to identify him....

http://www.bangko...o-killings

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Wny, in red t-shirt, and Saw are taken for a crime re-enactment on Oct 3, 2014, on alleged murders of David Miller and Hannah Witherridge on Koh Tao in Surat Thani province on Sept 15, 2014, with tight police security on the island. — Tawatchai Khemgumnerd


se foto her: httpS://www.bangk...-enactment

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Den sag stinker langt væk af ged - "scapegoat":

http://www.bangko...re-alleged

http://www.andrew...t-say.html

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et skuespil af rang ja den sag stinker

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Politiet i Thailand fra aller værste side.............
men det bliver ik bedre i vores tid.

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Det nedarvede/nedgroede kultur-træk der kaldes "ikke at tabe ansigt" bliver det moderne Thailands undergang.

Utroligt at politiet/embedsværket/militæret ikke kan se at denne re-enactment farce er en hån mod ofrene og deres pårørende, og en hån og foragt mod et civiliseret verdenssamfund, hvor folk har lært at tænke selv og især tænke logisk, vurdere facts og tage beslutninger derefter.

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hjælpen er på vej til de to der er anholdt i sagen

Rights group arranges lawyers for Myanmar men

A team of lawyers has been sent to help the two migrant Myanmar workers being charged with murdering two British tourists and raping one of them on Koh Tao, a prominent activist for the rights of migrant workers said yesterday.

The move came amid concerns that the arrested men may not be the real culprits.

Andy Hall, the activist for the rights of migrant workers in Thailand, tweeted yesterday that he was sending a team of lawyers to see the two Myanmar workers charged.

"We are sending the legal team [and] seek to gain access to the accused, to advise them on their rights under Thai law, and provide reliable translation," he said.

Hall pointed out that the desire to get involved stemmed from reports of physical abuse although the activist acknowledged that he had no evidence of physical abuse against the two men charged, nor was there evidence to prove a claim that the police DNA tests were inaccurate.

læs mere her: http://www.nation...44775.html

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er enig med dig Leif

det er bare utroligt at politiet forsætter i samme spor det på trods af af at mange allerede på nuværende tidspunk er fyret på grund af deres dumheder

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laver det lige om

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https://www.faceb...5579895266
Skulle kunne ses af alle.

glem det meste af videoen, men læg mærke til hvad de siger da de filmer politi stationen.
Politiet vidste 100% hvem det var for havde givet mig print af deres police foto. Men der skete aldrig en skid.

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I de sidste 10 år er politiet om mulig blevet mere kurupt, nu forsøger hæren at rydde op i lortet, en næsten umulig opgave de har påtaget sig

ja Leif politiet var selvfølgelig klar over hvem der overfaldt dig , de ved alt om hvad der foregår i lokalsamfundet i særdeleshed hvis de kan hente lidt penge

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Nej det thailandske politi har altid været plaget af korruption jeg kan huske for over 30 år siden var det det samme bare mindre penge men det siger jo sig selv på den tid kostede det 20-30 baht at køre uden kørekort
Og hæren prøver ja men det vil tage årtier hvis det skulle lykkedes at bekæmpe korruptionen i politiet det er så indgrodet i dem Og hvad fanden korruption er jo en god ting hvis man selv deltager

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https://www.faceb...
Skulle kunne ses af alle.

Har aldrig set din video , kan se at huset er blevet total ribbet.

Så ellers fin ud, da vi besøgte dig og havde dit favoritmærke med i cerutter.

Godt du blev fundet af fruen og senere kom hjem til Danmark, selv om du ikke er blevet repareret af de danske læger.

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Om det er blevet værre... Jeg syntes det er svært at afgøre. Eller det bare skyldes.. jo mere man ved, desto værre ser det ud.
De tossede færdselsbøder er kun en lille del af det rådenskab der florerer. Det er desværre pengene der styrer hvem der bliver dømt.

Om hæren kan rydde op i det ???? ja de prøver da men jeg er bange for de først og fremmest går efter de små fisk.

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Vi for se men ved andre militærkup har de da aldrig prøvet så OK det går da i den rigtige vej men ting tager tid og hvis først de overdrager styret til de folkevalgte så bliver alt jo stoppet igen så kommer de små magt liderligere politikere der kun kan se mønt for dem selv og deres familie igen og så starter det hele forfra om de så er gule eller røde

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Thai'er ændrer ikke en skid, hvis ikke det er til deres egen fordel.!!!

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det er ikke kun små fisk hæren har fjernet 3 højesteret dommere fra deres embede de bliver forhåbentlig dømt når sagen kommer for retten


jeg kun kun give dig ret i at systemet er pilrådden

et citat fra bangkok post


http://www.bangko...our-police

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Ændringerne kommer forhåbentlig via de såkaldt sociale medier, det er nye tider, ikke så nemt at snyde længere.

https://www.faceb...e_internal

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Øv hvor rådden.... læs historien i ekstrabladet..
http://ekstrablad...153492.ece

Håber virkelig de 2 stakler får en masse hjælp.

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det er er famne uhyggelig du:o

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det er er famne uhyggelig du:o kan det blive værre ja se selv

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Khunying Porntip Rojanasunan

hun ved hvad hun udtaler sig om, hun er ærlig og ubestikkelig

Porntip rips Koh Tao investigation

Thailand’s most-respected forensics specialist cast doubts on the police investigation into the death of two British backpackers on Koh Tao Thursday, saying investigators erred when they neglected involve a forensic pathologist.

Khunying Porntip Rojanasunan, director-general of the Central Institute of Forensic Science, told the Manager news agency that police did not understand the investigation in the bludgeoning death of Hannah Witheridge and David Miller required a medical examiner.

"The weak point (in the investigation) is that police do not understand that the case requires a forensic pathologist, so the officers who collected evidence did not call in one from Surat Thani Hospital," she said. "A case of two murdered people certainly needs a forensic physician," Khunying Porntip said.

Khunying Porntip's criticism is only the latest blast against the three-week probe into the deaths of the two British tourists Sept 15. A series of bungles - which included allowing tourists to re-enter the crime scene before all evidence was collected - followed by the arrest last week of two Myanmar nationals have led to widespread criticism and accusations the two 21-year-old migrant workers were made scapegoats for the crime.

http://www.bangko...estigation

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Thailand beach death: Parents convinced son murdered – and his killing covered up to protect tourism

http://www.mirror...ed-4410135

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Præsident går ind i sag om mordmistænkte burmesere

Myanmars præsident, Thein Sein, er nu gået ind i sagen om sine to landsmænd, der er anholdt i en sag om et dobbeltmord på to britiske rygsækrejsende i Thailand.

Det skete, da Thailands premierminister, Prayuth Chan-ocha, fredag var på besøg hos nabolandet mod nordvest, siger en burmesisk embedsmand, ifølge den engelske avis The Guardian.

"Hvis de er skyldige, skal de naturligvis dømmes for deres forbrydelser, men det er vigtigt, at det sker efter en retfærdig rettergang," siger en han til nyhedsbureauet AFP.

De diplomatiske bemærkninger fra den burmesiske præsident kommer dagen efter, at de mordanklagede unge mænd trak deres tilståelser i sagen tilbage. Det meddelte den advokat fra den burmesiske ambassade i Thailand, som bistår de 21-årige, torsdag.

LÆS OGSÅ Burmesere efter mordtilståelse: Vi blev torturerethttp://jyllands-p...Id=7090404

Ifølge den burmesiske embedsmand lovede den thailandske premierminister, at han personligt ville holde øje med, at rettergangen ville blive retfærdig.

De to anholdte har gennem deres burmesiske advokat forklaret, at de blev tortureret af thailandsk politi, indtil de tilstod mordene på 23-årige Hannah Witheridge og 24-årige David Miller, der blev fundet ved vandkanten på den populære ferieø Koh Tao i midten af september måned.

Flere menneskerettighedsgrupper har protesteret over den måde, som politiet i Thailand har håndteret sagen på og har anklaget myndighederne for at bruge de unge burmesere som syndebukke for ikke at skade den vigtige, thailandske turistindustri.

Kritikken mod politiet er hidtil primært kommet fra udenlandske menneskerettighedsgrupper, men torsdag begyndte kritikken også at lyde fra en vægtig thailandsk stemme.

Lederen af Retsmedicinsk Institut i Thailand, Khunying Porntip Rojanasunan, undrede sig således, ifølge The Guardian, offentligt over, hvorfor der ikke blev tilkaldt retsmedicinske eksperter til gerningsstedet, da politiet gennemsøgte det for spor, der kunne føre til opklaringen af dobbeltmordet.

LÆS OGSÅ Burmesere tilstår turistdrab i Thailandhttp://jyllands-p...Id=7076225

Politiet har tidligere sagt, at man har fundet beviser, der knytter de to mænd til mordene. Blandt andet skulle mændenes dna være fundet på to cigaretskodder ved gerningsstedet samt på den dræbte kvinde, hvis mobiltelefon skulle være fundet i de to mænds lejlighed.

De mistænktes dna manglede dog både på det formodede mordvåben samt på et brugt kondom, der blev fundet ikke langt fra gerningsstedet.

Og noget kunne tyde på, at beviserne mod de to ikke er overvældende. I hvert fald skrev den thailandske avis The Nation torsdag, at den offentlige anklager har sendt sagen tilbage til politiet og bedt om flere afgørende beviser i sagen.

Men på trods af, at tingene ikke lader til at gå politiets vej, så tager den lokale politichef, der har ansvaret for blandt andet Koh Tao, sagens udvikling med ophøjet ro.

"De mistænkte har ret til at trække deres tilståelser tilbage. Det er ikke unormalt, at det sker i løbet af en sag," siger Prachum Ruengthong til avisen Khaosod.

Ligesom op til fire millioner af deres landsmænd, fungerer de to anholdte burmesere som migrantarbejdere i Thailand.
http://jyllands-p...burmesere/

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hej
det ser nu ud til at englænderne får lov til at snage lidt i sagens akter

Thais agree to foreign observers

Thailand has agreed in principle to allow a team of observers from Britain and Myanmar to observe judicial procedures in the Koh Tao murder case, which has sparked a barrage of media criticism in both countries.

http://www.bangko...-observers

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Den sag stinker simpelthen langt væk. Jeg har ikke et sekund været i tvivl om at de to Burmesere er uskyldige, men bliver brugt som syndebukke. Thailand må jo ikke tabe ansigt. Føj for pokker. Lad os blot håbe at de to stakler nu får en retfærdig rettergang når Burma og UK bliver indblandet, og måske HRW (Human Right Watch) og andre internationale humanitære organisationer.

Det thailandske politi er jo er jo ligeglad bare de kan vaske hænderne, og det er jo desværre nok ordre fra højeste instans.

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THAI POLICE COVERED UP FOR MAFIA, CLAIMS LEADING THAI MEDIA MOGUL
Thursday, October 16, 2014 9

'EVERYONE KNEW FROM THE START'

'THE BURMESE WERE SCAPEGOATS!'


A leading Thai media mogul went on his own television station in Bangkok last night and said that Thai police were covering up for the island mafia over the murders of Hannah Witheridge and David Miller.

Sondhi Limthongkul boss of Manager magazine and Asia Satellite Television said on the programme ‘Sondhitalk’ that the police were scared of the local mafia and could not touch them and then right from the start they were covering for them.

“The police tried to help the wrong doers, but the island was so small everyone knew from the start.” He said it was wrong and he believed the Burmese suspects Win Zaw Htun and Zaw Lin.

The statement by Sondhi Limthongkul, founder of the People’s Alliance for Democracy, is a significant blow to Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha’s statements that Thai Police hide caught the right people. Those statements and others made by Thailand’s police chief have been widely disbelieved.

http://www.andrew...laims.html

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Sondhi starts off with a general talk about the new Government and the job Prayuth is doing. He says as a career soldier Prayuth loves country his and King but like previous Governments he is acting like a bureaucrat when he tries to overly protect the Kingdom's reputation.

He said the new guys in power are like all politicians is being only concerned with their own survival and interests. He says Thailand's international reputation will be 'bankrupt' if the tourist industry and the countries interests are put before justice.

He then says it is clear other countries suspect scapegoats have been arrested. He uses the word พิรุธ or phi-rut to describe this Koh Tao case. This word means suspect, dubious, dodgy etc. He uses this word to describe what everyone is saying about the case.

They get onto Koh Tao and the full moon parties with another guy saying everyone from blind Freddy to Dang the street dog knows these parties are where people go for drugs and sex. Sondhi then says world wide everybody knows this but if you ask the Thai police they just deny it.

He then says if drugs are illegal in Thailand how is this then acceptable? It must be stopped or the parties shut down if the Government is fair dinkum about the rule of law. He then says Prayuth himself should go and ask the people on Phuket and Samui etc about this. The people will tell him if he asks.

The whole talk he is intimating Prayuth is a bit naive about certain things and how the police abuse and profit from these things. (I think he is just watching his manners here, not wanting to be too critical of him)

Drugs? Some mistake surely

They then move to a talk about social media and how the masses just don't accept what has gone on in this case.
He says Scotland Yard should be invited into a joint investigation but Thailand doesn't allow this.

He mentions the embassy was called in London for a 'please explain' and says that is not normal unless there is great concern about the case.
They then get onto the fact social media is accusing the son of a local influential figure but it is not only farangs who suspect him, Thais do as well as shown by what is going on on Facebook etc.

Sondhi then starts to fire up about the Thai police saying he has first hand experience about how crooked they can be, he mentions the Sherry Duncan case claiming the police paid fake witnesses to give bogus evidence.

The other guys chime in with the Saudi diamond case as another example.

He then goes on how this 'top down' system of the police must be reformed and a new way of doing things must be developed. He says he doesn't want to talk too much about this as he will be accused of 'not loving his country.' He then says how the hell can you solve the countries problems if you cannot accept the truth? If you close your eyes and don't accept what is true, how can you fix any problem?

Sondhi
They then say the DSI should be called immediately for a case involving a crime of national importance like this. Just like the FBI investigates federal crimes in America. Then there is a brief conversation about the politics of the police in Thailand and how there have been zero reform so far from the new Government.

They then talk about this and how even if somebody offers suggestions about reform they are ignored and things continue as before. When he taps the table Sondhi says all Thai Governments are only interested in two things, their own survival and looking good. He says wait and see if Prayuth and the rest of them don't do exactly that.

Then follows a long political discussion that leads into them saying Pornthip is enemy of the police but that is actually good as it provides a system of checks and balances. They then say this is important to check the 'chain of evidence' from the so called offender right up to when it's presented in court. The taking of DNA must be clean and protected through it's journey through the system. They agree this just doesn't happen in Thailand.

The police take the DNA sample and send it to the lab but nobody knows what happens in between.

They finish by saying nobody should be scared to let somebody else check the DNA, don't be afraid, just let the truth come out. He says tourism has dropped 19% and Thailand's reputation is tied to tourism. They say it is fellows Asians who are scared to come to Thailand not Europeans.

Sondhi closes by saying crimes against farangs are nothing new but there hasn't been such a serious case as the one in Koh Tao. In the past suspects have been caught but this case has left people totally suspicious.

http://www.andrew...untry.html

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Jeg er bange for og personligt ret sikker på at han, desværre, har ret i sine udtalelser, selvom det er yderst skandaløst men nok desværre kendetegnende for det nye Thailand...og hvor er det en skam, også for de mange dejlige Thailændere som dog stadig er tilbage i dette dejlig land. Korruptionen og Mafiaen har desværre taget overhånd, og troværdigheden forsvundet og vil nu være nærmest umulig at udrydde. Så synd, så synd.

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der er håb forude

BRITISH POLICE TO BE ALLOWED TO CHECK DNA AND TORTURE CLAIMS

THAI PM CONCEDES TO REQUEST BY DAVID CAMERON

But Thai police chief not happy

British police have been given the green light to investigate DNA procedures and torture claims surrounding the Thai investigation into the murders of Hannah Witheridge and David Miller.

Diplomatic sources have confirmed that Prime Minister General Prayuth Chan-Ocha has accepted that a British team can now fly out. He was reported to have been pressed by Prime Minister David Cameron during the recent ASEM summit in Milan.

læs mere her http://www.andrew-drummond.com/2014/10/british-police-to-be-allowed-to-check.html

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Nå, det bliver spændende at se om Generalen har været for hurtig til at behage Cameronen, og der måske er et opgør mellem ham (Prajut) og polib på vej?

http://www.bangko...rvers-only

Fortsættelse følger, med garanti!

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der samles ind til de to

Justice: Koh Tao Murder Case

This fundraiser is set up by the Migrant Worker Rights Network (MWRN), a migrant run organisation with more than 3,000 fee-paying Myanmar migrant members, to assist to cover related costs of the accused's defence and a support team to ensure a fair trial for the accused in the Koh Tao case. Essential costs for the accused in prison shall also be supported.

An expert team of lawyers, both from the Lawyers Council of Thailand and independent lawyers, will work Pro Bono on this case but travel costs to a remote island in the Gulf of Thailand, as well as accommodation, food and island based travel costs are high. Court procedure, documentation issues and related tasks also require funds. Living in a Thai prison costs too, such that the accused need to be provided with essential accessories and food supplements.

All funds raised through this campaign will be deposited from Paypal into a bank account jointly and specifically opened for this case. All payments distributed will be certified as being 'case related costs' by the head of the practicing lawyers team in the case. Public reports of spendings will be duly published. - See more at: http://www.youcar...ase/246839

With the arrival in Thailand of the parents of Win Zaw Htun and Zaw Lin the two 21-year-old Burmese migrant labourers accused of the murders of Hannah Witheridge and Win Zaw Htun a fund has now been set up to pay the for the defence in the coming trial

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Håber det snart er slut med de brune BIB nazi´s og deres gangstermetoder:

"Tun Tun Htike said after the meeting that his son confirmed in tears that he was innocent and that police had tortured him to confess that he and Zaw Lin had killed the two British tourists."

"The interrogators told them to confess to the crime, and threatened to cut off their limbs, put them in a bag and dump them in a river if they did not,'' DVB quoted him as saying. The police also threatened to tie the two boys to a tyre, pour petrol on it, and set it alight," the father said. "My son said they were terrified and confessed. But now that we [their parents and Myanmar officials] are present, they can speak the truth — that they did not commit the murder."

http://www.bangko...o-suspects

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mon de finder sandheden


British authorities at Koh Tao crime scene
SURAT THANI — British police made a surprise visit to Koh Tao on Saturday to inspect locations related to the murders of two backpackers, a source said.

They arrived on the island by helicopter from Bangkok, accompanied by Jarumporn Suramanee, an adviser to the national police chief, and Suwat Jaengyodsuk, acting deputy commander of the Metropolitan Police Bureau.

The trip was kept secret, with no police officers in Surat Thani province or Provincial Police Region 8 informed. Police based on Koh Tao and neighbouring Koh Phangan were not allowed to join the meeting or take pictures of the visitors

http://www.bangko...ur-koh-tao

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Så har sønnen af poo yai baan afleveret DNA. Hvorfor nu, og ikke lige efter da han var mest i vælten i pressen og på nettet?

http://www.bangko...on-cleared

Det stinker langt væk, kan de virkelig være så udspekuleret kyniske at det hele er et fupnummer?

Har man glemt dette:

"The police have arrested a suspect in the murder of two British tourists in Koh Tao and are still hunting for a second suspect who has escaped into Bangkok.
Eighth Region Police Command commissioner Pol Lt-Gen Panya Mamen identified the first suspect as Mon.

He is the brother of a village headman in Koh Tao.

He was arrested after evidence which police collected were examined and proved he was involved, he said.

He also said another suspect is also a son of that village headman. But he has already to Bangkok.

He said both suspects were captured by CCTV cameras and the police have gathered enough evidence to implicate them in the murders.

He said the southern police were coordinating with the metropolitan police to hunt him down, and expected to apprehend him today.

The southern police chief also assured the public that there was no arrest of scapegoats in this murder case as it now is a focal attention of the world.

He also dismissed any suggestion of local mafias or influential people that could twist the investigation with promise that local influence would pose no obstacle to the police investigation.

Instead the police will eliminate all these mafias, he said.

Meanwhile a police source said the police are also looking into the cooperation of those who helped to arrange the suspect to escape. They also will be arrested."

http://englishnew...other-run/

Pol Lt-Gen Panya Mamen blev senere fjernet fra sagen og en ny udpeget af Prayuth overtog.

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det er ikke alle der tror på politiet evner anklage myndighederne på koh samui er utilfredse med politiet arbejde

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Den sag er vel efterhånden trukket så langt ud at alle eventuelle beviser er manipulerede eller helt forsvundet. Hvis man udelukkende har fokuseret på de to Burmesere er der vel intet bevismateriale bevaret fra de egentlig skyldige.

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anklageren har nu afvist sagen tre gange, grundet manglerne beviser i mod de to, han har dog givet politiet en ekstra tidsfrist til at frembringe flere dokumenterede beviser i mod de to, jeg bliver ikke forbavset, hvis sagen i mod de to bliver afvist når der er gået 82 dage som er tidsfristen for at indlede en rets sag

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Det gør jeg heller ikke yindee, eller jeg håber den nærmest den gør, da der da vist ikke er meget tvivl om at de to drenge er uskyldige, men der hvor jeg vil hen med min kommentar er jo at så står man uden mistænkte da man (politiet) har satset på at få de to dømt. Personligt tror jeg stadig på at der bliver dækket over den/de virkelig skyldige evt. eller rettere sansynligvis, efter ordre fra mafiaen. Bare underligt for mig at Scotland Yard bare forduftede igen så hurtigt.

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Jeg er ikke uenig. Om de er skyldige eller uskyldige er der ingen der ved. Men med det politiarbejde der er lagt for dagen saa maa tvivlen komme de anklagede til gode, saa det ender nok med at de bliver frikendt pga manglende beviser. Det engelske politi var her kun for at observere og se gerningsstedet og saa er de dampet afsted igen.

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de fik sikkert ikke lov til ret meget det der undre mig er at de ikke kom med en udtagelse det kan jo tyde på at de har fundet noget som politiet herude ikke er helt tilfreds med

bortset fra det så kan vi se i aviser og tv at det er militæret som er ude og fange de kriminelle så militæret stoler heller ikke på politiet ((7))

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Næh, men jeg stoler nu heller ikke på militæret, eller stoler for den sags skyld efterhånden ikke på nogen her i landet.
Det begynder at udvikle sig til et regulært militær regime. Flere og flere begrænsninger og restriktioner. Nu kommer der nye begrænsninger for udenlandske investorer. Det virker som om de gerne vil have udenlandsk kapital men helst ikke udlændinge. Er bange for de skyder sig selv i foden eller sågar i begge fødder.
I begyndelsen syntes jeg militæret gjorde det godt men efter de har fået hele magten udvikler det sig ganske anderledes.

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fejl

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???fejl??? hvad er fejl?

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Han oensker at udfoere det han har sat sig for uden indblanding og indtil videre gaar det jo ganske udmaerket. Fulderikken Chalerm har vaeret paa banen og udtalt "Hvis Thaksin holder op med at interessere sig for politik eller han doer, saa er der ikke noget Pheu Thai Parti tilbage". Med andre ord hvem er deres boss ? Thaksin. Hvorfor kan han ikke bare forholde sig i ro og leve stille og roligt med de ulovlige penge han har skrabet sammen ?

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http://www.nation...46820.html

Her er lidt omkring en militaer aktion.

Haaber ikke det gaar lige som det raid i Khonkaen som politiet siger aldrig fandt sted paa trods af at det var paa tv.

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det fryder mit onde hjerte at Burma regering nu har forlangt en ny undersøgelse af sagen((11((

Myanmar wants murder case review

The Myanmar embassy has asked the Justice Ministry to reopen the investigation into the murder of two British tourists on Koh Tao.


Lawyer Aung Myo Thant told the Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) that the embassy made the request to the Thai Justice Ministry on Monday evening, on the basis the confessions by Myanmar suspects Zaw Lin and Win Zaw Htun were obtained through torture.

læs mere her http://www.bangko...ase-review

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sidste nyt

Bail rejected for Koh Tao suspects

he Koh Samui Provincial Court on Wednesday rejected bail requests for the two Myanmar men accused in the murder of two British backpackers on Koh Tao in September.

Surprising Myanmar embassy officials, who had expected bail to be granted, the court ruled that Zaw Lin and Win Zaw Htun posed a serious flight risk because they are Myanmar migrants accused of serious crimes, Myanmar online news website www.irrawaddy.org/ reported.

http://www.bangko...urder-case

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retssagen er nu startet hvad bliver dommen ???

Koh Tao policeman challenged over killings Island officer describes finding the bodies

http://www.bangko...r-killings


KOH SAMUI, SURAT THANI - The police officer in charge of the investigation into the brutal killing of two Britons on Koh Tao appeared for the first time in court Wednesday to be questioned by a lawyer for the two Myanmar migrants facing murder charges.

http://www.bangko...h-tao-case


DNA evidence questioned as Koh Tao trial opens

http://www.bangko...rial-opens

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fin start på retssagen den lokale mafia står klar i kulisen

Worryingly, Sky News reporter Jonathan Samuels reported that the broadcaster’s translator had been “warned off” by local mafia; not a development that inspires confidence. There were numerous reports during last year’s hectic investigation of the murders that members of local mafia families were involved in the murder.


http://asiancorre...ers-trial/

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The Samui Provincial Court has ordered remaining forensic evidence in the Koh Tao tourist murders case to be sent for re-examination at the Justice Ministry's Central Institute of Forensic Science in line with a defence request.

http://www.bangko...e-retested

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Koh Tao murder trial resumes in the Koh Samui provincial court
Today the Koh Tao murder trial resumed in the Koh Samui provincial court. The mothers of the accused, Wei Phyo and Zaw Lin flew in from Myanmar for…

http://www.samuit...ial-court/

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Court gives Koh Tao defence access to DNA evidence

The provincial court in Koh Samui has given defence lawyers for two Myanmar workers accused of murdering two British tourists on Koh Tao access to evidence for DNA testing, a defence attorney said Friday.

The defence team Win Zaw Htun and Zaw Lin, both aged 22, says police analyses of DNA samples found at the scene are the only evidence tying them to the murders of Hannah Witheridge, 23, and David Miller, 24, Sept 15, making retesting of the material crucial.

http://www.bangko...a-evidence

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Police didn't check CCTV on Koh Tao pier

Police failed to check CCTV footage from the only pier on the island where two British tourists were murdered last year, a lawyer for the two Myanmar nationals accused of the killings said Thursday.

Migrant workers Zaw Lin and Win Zaw Htun are on trial for the murder of 24-year-old David Miller and the rape and murder of Hannah Witheridge, 23, on Koh Tao in September.

http://www.bangko...h-tao-pier

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Koh Tao murders – Defendants DNA does not match DNA on the murder weapon

The head of Thailand’s central forensic institute Dr Porntip Rojanasunand delivered a blow to the prosecution in the Samui Provincial Court today when she announced that the DNA on the hoe used in the Koh Tao murders last September does not match that of the defendants.

http://www.samuit...er-weapon/

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Jeg har personligt aldrig troet på at de to Burmesiske knægte var skyldige, men nu er sagen jo trukket så langt ud at man aldrig finder de virkelige skyldige som jo nok er Thaier med relationer til mafiaen. Skylden skal jo altid skydes på ikke Thaier og mafiaen beskyttes for enhver pris

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de, den virkelige skyldige er fundet for lang tid siden, men men hans, deres far var, er højt på strå, såe vi må vente på at de bliver taget ind

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vi venter og ser hvad der sker

SURAT THANI - The Koh Samui Provincial Court has set Dec 24 to deliver its judgement on two Myanmar men accused of murdering two British tourists on Koh Tao island on Sept 15 last year.

The court set the date after hearing Zaw Lin, one of the defendants, testify in his own defence.

Zaw Lin is charged, along with Win Zaw Htun, with the murder of David Miller, 24, and Hannah Witheridge, 23, on Sept 15, 2014 at Sai Ree beach on the resort island in Koh Phangan district.

http://www.bangko...due-dec-24

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SURAT THANI
Koh Tao ruling imminent

A team of lawyers representing two Myanmar migrant workers accused of the rape and murder of a female British tourist and the murder of a male British tourist on Koh Tao is anxiously awaiting the verdict. The ruling will be read on Thursday.

http://www.nation...75398.html

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Så faldt dommen


Myanmar pair guilty of Koh Tao murders, get death sentence




KOH SAMUI – Two Myanmar men were found guilty and sentenced to death on Thursday in the high-profile murder case of two British backpackers found bludgeoned on Koh Tao last year, a gruesome crime that focused global attention on tourist safety and police conduct in the country.

Win Zaw Htun and Zaw Lin, both 22, were sentenced to death for the rape and murder of Hannah Witherridge, 23, and the killing of David Miller, 24, on the resort island Sept 15, 2014, plus two extra years for theft and illegal entry into the kingdom.

The defendants had pleaded innocent, saying they were tortured by police to make initial confessions to the crimes. Human rights groups repeatedly called for an independent investigation and raised concerns that the men might be scapegoats.

http://www.bangko...h-sentence

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Tja....så fik de jo den sag "tørret af' også, skræmmende!

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nej den sag bliver appelleret, der vil komme mange flere overskrifter i alverdens aviser

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Sikkert nok, ja, men stadig skræmmende Hvordan rettergangen er i Thailand. Det drejer sig kun om at få skylden lagt over på udlændinge. Man skulle jo nødigt tabe ansigt og miste turist indtægter. Hvor herre bevares!

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ingen nævnt ingen glemt

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2,400 demand justice for Koh Tao convicts
https://www.bangk...tao-ruling


Protests against Koh Tao ruling
Thousands gather in Chiang Rai, Kanchanaburi and Yangon as protests intensify against the conviction of two Myanmar men in the Koh Tao murder case.

se foto her: https://www.bangk...tao-ruling

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god video der belyser sagen reklamen tager kun 15 cekunter

Murder in Paradise
With exclusive images, never-before-seen evidence and interviews with key figures on the island, Murder in Paradise sheds new light on a global news story, putting Thailand under the spotlight and asking whether this is still the travel destination from heaven, or hell?

http://tvfinterna...?trailer=0

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sidste nyt i sagen



http://www.nation...s/30307639

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http://www.bangko...o-verdicts

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Koh Tao pair face 2-week appeal wait



http://www.bangko...ppeal-wait

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The Supreme Court of Thailand has accepted the final appeal of Zaw Lin and Wai Phyo, the two migrant workers sentenced to death for the murders of British Tourists Hannah Witheridge and David Miller on Koh Tao.

http://bangkokjac...rder-case/

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Murder In Paradise – Koh Tao Documentary

This documentary Murder in Paradise claims to have “exclusive images and
never-before-seen evidence” on the murders of David Miller and Hannah

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Tak for et godt informativt videoindlæg, nu er jeg ikke længere i tvivl om at det er de rette der får en god og velfortjent dødsstraf. -rip-

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Dødsdomme omstødt



De to dømte mænd har fået reduceret deres dødsdomme til livsvarigt fængsel. Omstødelsen af deres domme er givet i anledning af den thailandske konges fødselsdag den 28. juli.

Ved god opførelse, så vil de også have mulighed for at få reduceret deres domme yderligere.

Læs evt. nærmere på: Bangkok Post https://www.bangk...s-commuted