The below came out of the AFP newswire reported on CNA. Another bizarre murder? Surely they won't go swimming with a torn piece of their passport?

BANGKOK: Twin sisters from South Korea have been found dead on a beach near Thailand's famous Pattaya resort town, local police and the South Korean foreign ministry said Sunday.

The women, aged 27, had apparently drowned, and police are investigating whether it was murder, a double-suicide or an accident, said Lieutenant Colonel Sumeth Harnvisai.

"Initial forensic reports indicate that there were no wounds on the bodies, and the water found in their lungs suggests they drowned," he told AFP.

The bodies were discovered near each other on Lan Island off the coast of eastern Thailand early Friday morning, he said. A page ripped from a passport found near the bodies indicated they were South Korean.

Seoul's foreign ministry later identified the women as Park Ji-Hee and Park Mi-Hee. They gave no other details.

Pattaya is one of Thailand's most popular tourist destinations, but also has a seamy reputation for crime rings, sex tourism and hedonism.

Two female Russian tourists were found shot dead and slumped in deckchairs on a Pattaya beach last year. - AFP/ac

already running in pattay news clippings section.