IslandLover

3 hours ago, transam said:

Really, I thought they got chased out of Afghanistan .....🤔

He was having a pop at the good ole U.S. of A.

4 hours ago, transam said:

The only sheep around here is you, impressed by a "communist" leader.....

Putin's only a communist in George Orwell's 'Animal Farm' sense.

6 hours ago, frank83628 said:

nothing has been kept under wraps, it was reported on 2 days after it happened, there was already a thread about it here, it's between the family and embassy and respect should be given to them until the autopsy is done or investigation concluded.

Oh give it a rest, Frank.  It was not reported anywhere apart from social media.

4 minutes ago, frank83628 said:

if you look at the thread here about the burmese guys appeal you will find a link in there to a uk site regarding Theos body being found, i believe it was the mail online who ran the story back then, maybe the 1st or 2nd April. i cannot remember exactly, feel free to check.

The Mail Online did not run the story then.

Just now, frank83628 said:

have you any idea what that is?

Yes, nitrous oxide inhaled through a balloon, or a canister, for recreational purposes.  They are thinking about banning it in the UK because of the damage it does to the brains of young people.

10 hours ago, frank83628 said:

 glad to see some fair reporting for a change, and that alcohol was mentioned, this is usually totally ignored. 
 

Yes, even "hippie crack" was mentioned. 

11 hours ago, frank83628 said:

it was reported a few days after, in the mirror and daily mail,  and on here, why would you want to look through his or his girlfriends profile? perhaps the family have made things private.... it is after all their business, not yours or anyone elses.

No it wasn't reported in the UK press a few days after.  Stop spreading misinformation.

11 hours ago, frank83628 said:

it was reported in the UK when it happened and there was a thread on here about it at the time too.

No it wasn't.

4 minutes ago, frank83628 said:

only for you and a select few Sue, not everyone tries to see suspicion round every corner!!

Again, Frank, I am not "Sue".  I am neither of the two people you referred to as scumbags on another recent Koh Tao thread.  

1 minute ago, frank83628 said:

incorrect Sue,  it was already in the daily mail days after it happened and a thread on here.

My name is not "Sue", Frank.  I'm not the person you think I am.  Sorry to disappoint you.  And, it was not reported in the Daily Mail days after it happened.  That was different article about the two Burmese wanting a review of their case, which was followed by another article detailing some of the deaths of tourists that have occurred on Koh Tao.  The Daily Mail only picked up on this latest incident at the same time as the Mirror, whose article is quoted in the OP.

11 hours ago, Sydebolle said:

Drugs on a Thai island - absolutely impossible! 

The folks on the infamous pub crawl were not only downing buckets of booze but partaking of "hippie crack" as well, according to the press reports.  No wonder they all end up wasted.

12 hours ago, Kerryd said:

So the guy goes missing on 18 March and NO ONE reports it ?
Not even his girlfriend ?
What happened to her ?
Why didn't this make the news - until nearly a month later ? And in a UK "media site" of course.

Funny, the Mirror article says she "posted several tributes online to her partner." 
Must be on a private platform or on a different profile. No public posts on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook. 

Same for Theo. Of the nearly 20 "Theo Bailey" Facebook profiles I looked at - none are this guy.

I find it really hard to believe that he'd be out drinking with his girlfriend of 10 years, go missing, be found dead the next morning - and she makes NO mention of it ? Until it appears in the Mirror a month later ?

(Keep in mind that media sites like the Mirror and Sun "buy" people's "horror travel stories" and "buff" them before publishing them. One advertisement I saw proclaimed they'd "pay for your holiday" if you had a good(horror) story to tell.)

And no - there's no way "they" could cover this up for a month.  (I just found a Twitter post about this from a lawyer in the UK dated 30 March - with no links or references to where he heard it from. I responded to his tweet and asked where he got his information from.)

Funny, literally no information about "Theo Bailey" other than he's 31.
But we know she's a teaching assistant from Chelmsford and who she's working for and where (Welwyn Garden City, Hertsfordshire).

No mention of where he came from, or his job, or even if his parents were notified or what happened to his body.
And the article says:

"The authorities said that the case "was still open", however, no arrests have been made at this time."

"Thai police said they are waiting for the post-mortem results."

Riiiight.
I looked and no "GoFundMe" - kind of hard to start asking for money a month after the event happened. 

Lots of unanswered questions.

The information I've seen is that the GF is Australian and has gone back there.  She appeared to have been travelling around SE Asia before this happened.  Now we hear that she is a teaching assistant in the UK, which is news to me.  Her posts in tribute to Theo were on Instagram which I presume has now been made private.

The news of this death was most certainly suppressed and the British press have only recently been tipped off.

13 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

Perhaps Namsod, the monster son of the headman of Sairee Beach is back. He appeared to have been banished, after his serial killing became international news, after the deaths of Hanna and David. Always felt bad for those innocent Burmese lads who were framed for that crime. 

 

The reality is, when you have amassed a fortune into the hundreds of millions of dollars, from illegal land sales, you are above the law. Any and all laws.

 

Dark Tao. Visit at your own peril. 

He's back alright.  He likes to advertise the KT pool parties and raves on his FB page.

13 hours ago, wensiensheng said:

Died March 18th. And being reported April 14th. 
 

Any good reason for the information being suppressed for nearly a month? Other than protecting the image of Koh Tao and Thai tourism generally.

You got it in one!  The Thai press hasn't picked up the story either, as far as I know.  This incident was known about not long after it happened but there was deadly silence in the media.

5 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

That wasn't my point, at all, whatever the business is, it is his business so it is up to him how he spends the proceeds.  I'll rephrase my previous comment for you...

"As he runs/ran an apparently successful elephant park also, why shouldn't he use his own money to travel as he sees fit?"

I'm sure he loves living the high life on money he's conned out of others.

10 hours ago, frank83628 said:

Yes, that is the down side to social media, people can post whatever they hear without any regard for next of kin or family, i just hope the usual 2 scumbags don't try and stick their noses in trying to claim foul play, as they have done previously.

i originally heard this was a female and a wall fell on them. 

The victim is male and British.

7 hours ago, frank83628 said:

there have been a few bike crash deaths that haven't been reported too.  not everything needs to make the news, there are no media on the Island so who are the police or rescue going to tell? do you not think the families should be told before things are plastered over the press? the dude that got caught with drugs went to Samui court, thats why he was in the news.

I would hope the next of kin and the victim's relevant embassy/consulate would be the first to be notified when a foreigner dies in Thailand.  I've no doubt the family of this latest victim already know of his demise.

10 hours ago, frank83628 said:

surpressed, says who? if someone dies is it really anyones business but the families and British embassy to be contacted first or do you think it should be reported to Ian cockwood or the hippo Suzanna so they can try to spin into something it's not?

from what i understand the dude fell in a storm water/drainage channel that goes behind a few businesses to the sea, this was after being on the pub crawl, unfortunately people can make bad judgements when intoxicated
 

A few weeks ago, the arrest of a British drugs dealer on Koh Tao was reported in the news.  It was reported in the press in Thailand that incidents involving tourists on Koh Tao were being suppressed to avoid further bad publicity for the island.  Fair enough.  In this latest incident it is not known what really happened because the press haven't picked up the story.  Social media is saying the gentleman may have fallen into a storm drain but who knows for sure (do you?) since the information is not being released. 

On 4/4/2024 at 7:18 PM, sambum said:

 

Sorry, I thought it was the cop originally in charge of the investigation.

P.S. Have we not been on the same threads before - a long time ago? 

 

Yes 😁

9 hours ago, sambum said:

 

Sorry, I didn't realise that Prayut was actually at the scene!

He wasn't, but that's what he said according to the international press.

11 hours ago, maxcorrigan said:

That comment was "no thai would do this" was the first comment from Prayut, agree with rest of your comment though!

You are correct.  It was reported in the international press that Prayut had said it.

6 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

She was still, possibly, having sex on the beach with the bloke who was found dead, naked, so, yes, if she hadn't have been there she's be alive today.

That is the Thai Buddhist mantra but I doubt you are a Buddhist.  Accident no happen if you not there ......