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1 hour ago, BarraMarra said:

For an Island the size of Koh Tau there are to many tourist deaths or Suicides. Something is not right.

not at all, but the 2 guys in this thread have a certain agenda which is to high light any death and try their best to twist to sound suspicious.... if you believe those are all suspicious then you are naive to say the least.

2 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

of course often people will hide it, provide the details in the other thread

you want me to provide you details of a friend of mine that killed himself? 

11 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

I've not seen the details, post the link to that info? having known Sharlyn for a short period it's the last person I'd expect to commit suicide

 

not exactly a great metric to go by. there are not always signs, a friend killed himself and his parents knew him for over 25yrs!

47 minutes ago, Artisi said:

Very few confirmed murders as it's somehow always misadventure, suicide etc. Not sure how the guy that was shot 5 times didn't qualify for suicide like the guy who hung himself with his hands securely tied behind his back. 

his hands were not 'securely tied', there was a loose loop which one hand was in, the photo at the time showed this, however as usual that was omitted from the stories posted by the guy in this thread, not a mention of the note he left to his parents either...wonder why that was left out?!
 

2 minutes ago, Spectator2020 said:

give it a rest Ian, you are a pest with an obsession, this has absolutely nothing to do with the thread topic, just another one of your cigarette end stories. 

6 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

Or The 'Pretty Safe Island'..... or 'Less safe than Samet', or maybe they should put a safety notice on the peir for arriving tourists, like one see on construction sites like 'No murders for xx days'?

haha, and what would the sign for Pattaya say?

44 minutes ago, daveAustin said:

Tens of millions? Really? Be hard pushed for there to have been 10m since the place was a thing. Granted, still not a huge amount of deaths, but nonetheless many iffy ones. Nomsod & co no doubt. Perhaps compare with how many dodgy deaths there have been in Koh Phangan or Phi Phi for instance.

the deaths are not dodgy.. unless you believe the selective stories pushed by the guy above, if you believe them then more fool you.

12 minutes ago, Spectator2020 said:

... Simon Carter from Jersey received these injuries in an unprovoked attack a few months before Hannah Witheridge & David Miller were murdered. Source: Jersey Evening Post. 
 

It isn’t just murders that make Koh Tao unsafe. Rapes & other violent assaults are also far too common but routinely covered-up and dismissed. 

 

total nonsense, you are in Perth, Australia and have zero clue what happens on Tao on a daily basis, far more deaths and many more murders in Pattaya yet you say nothing. you just want to slag off the island that you have no personal experience with.... i have seen more trouble between western tourists than i have seen thais or burmese and tourists.... you are a real estate lawyer that thinks he's perry Mason!!

10 hours ago, Spectator2020 said:

Sorry to burst your bubble Frank but I have made it very clear more than once that I have been on Koh Tao and other islands in the Gulf of Thailand ???????? and on Phuket on the other side of the peninsula. Frank, it is abundantly clear to most other contributors to this forum that you don’t like the facts to get in the way of a good story while you accuse others of spreading disinformation. Hypocrisy is the word that springs to mind. Cheers Ian Yarwood. 

a snorkelling trip isn't really what i'd class as staying on Tao...

4 hours ago, ExpatOilWorker said:

Since you seem to have all the information, what is your opinion on Michael's death?

he crashed his motorbike, there is cctv of him clipping the back of a bike that was turning left.... not sure how you can make a bike accident suspicious but i'm sure spectator2020. and scubascuuba3 will try

1 hour ago, scubascuba3 said:

Seems you just want people to stop talking about it

talking 'sh*t', basically trying to trash and island off to further your books sales....

2 minutes ago, Artisi said:

Along with a few others, badly or purposely not reported - but ok, the island mafia gets it sorted without too much fuss. 

until 2014 there were 5 or 6 police..

6 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

how about Sharlene, Japanese dive instructor of Big Blue, found dead in the woods, not suspicious?

nearly 20 years ago, so you know here, or anything else,  you have all the information from back then or just what IY says happened?

1 minute ago, scubascuba3 said:

Ban being shot 6 times not suspicious to you it seems

not suspicious if you know how happened is it Su. perhaps you should check the definition in the dictionary !

35 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

lack of info leads to speculation, simple as that, how about all the other deaths? all fine by you?

apart from hannah &b David which was clearly murder, the other deaths are just that, again, you can make them sound suspicious if you purposely omit key facts.

20 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

what's the secret? you seem to have an agenda to block people reporting deaths under suspicious circumstances 

why was this death suspicious?.... because IY implied it was on his pathetic page?  i didn't read any official police statement or announcement. was there any verification of this friend that said no autopsy was carried out?  there was btw, in surat thani, and natural causes was the result.... if the family accepts this... will you?... not that the opinion of a nobody matters to them whatsoever

the autopsy 

1 hour ago, cleopatra2 said:

Are you based on Koh Tao?

why...

51 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

What's your agenda? are you based on koh tao?

I know all about him, a guy that has never ever stepped foot on Island, yet claims to know so much, purposely omits facts from his stories, along with S buchanan...... you asked my agernda..NONE, ...how about book sales... which is hers and promoted by him!!

On 1/31/2023 at 1:42 AM, Spectator2020 said:

Thanks for your kind words scubascuba3 

oh look, it's ian Yarwood, the spreader of lies and fantasy stories

3 hours ago, BarraMarra said:

Or placed in the bed to look like natural causes case solved. i also remember the drug torture inficted by Joe Ferrari and his goons who put a bag over his head and taped it with tape suffocating him. At the hospital, a doctor was paid to say his death was not caused by suffocation. This is how far money goes Frank, or will you deny this.

so how was he killed then?  what motive do you have...P.S, i knew Neil for 10 years, so do tell me all you know!

1 hour ago, BarraMarra said:

Why were two Burmese blamed and set up as fall guy's knowing full well who the perp was. 

who know 'full well' ?? nobody was there, it happened in the early house on a sunday/monday in a very secluded spot, that end of the beach is very dark n quiet.
do you think those high ups in the country would allow all that bad media coverage of scapegoats,  etc to go on or just say 'no', the kid did it!
 it doesn't sound very plausible if you think logically.  

1 hour ago, BarraMarra said:

Yes, Money talks. Why did the son flee to BKK hours before mainland police arrived? Money talks Frank even murdering a police officer can be silenced with a backhander as the Red bull heir knows only too well.

is there proof of that or just hearsay from the woman from Samui Times?

how many times were the goalposts moved to fit the narrative?..... cctv him entering uni...'fake', DNA test in front of everyone.. 'fake', seems like no matter what he was guilty....and subsequent claims of a serial killer would meant the kid was about 4 when he did his first..

1 hour ago, sambum said:

And the police decided that there was nothing unusual about his death based on the fact that there was no signs of a struggle, and he was found in bed at the time.

 

Case solved - next! 

people do die you know.... or is everyone on Tao supposed to be immortal?
would you believe the autopsy finding if it said natural causes? what if the family accepted it.. would you still claiming murder because you read a 3 line report in the Sun?

2 hours ago, jacko45k said:

Yes.... 

Thailand's reputation has been well sullied before.... Saudi Gems ring a bell.. prostitution, Jet Ski Scams, behaviour of the police  etc etc?

still, none of those got the international media coverage the 2014 murders got. You really think those high up would let it go that far.? i dont!

4 hours ago, BritManToo said:

How do we know there weren't bullet holes, a noose around his neck or stab wounds?

Someone should design a T-shirt "Believe Thai Police".

because his friends found him, your impression of Tao is based of sensationalised stories posted that are not based on facts