More police to be deployed on Koh Samui

SURAT THANI: -- The Royal Thai Police will establish one more police station on Koh Samui in this southern province of Surat Thani aimed at providing better security to people, especially tourists, following a rape-murder of a Welsh student during New Year's holiday on the island , a senior police officer said Saturday.

Pol. Maj. Gen. Sunthan Chayanond, Deputy Commissioner of Provincial Police Region 8, said Koh Samui still has insufficient numbers of police to look after the safety and property of both local residents living on the island and visiting tourists.

He said the Royal Thai Police had planned to open another police station on Koh Samui to better cope with the growing population and expanding tourist trade on the island.

Because of the circumstances of the recent crime, police will coordinate with other agencies in logging details of all fishing trawlers and crew that frequent at prominent tourist islands, including Koh Samui, Koh Pa-ngan and Koh Tao.

The plan to boost the number of police personnel comes after the corpse of 21-year-old Welsh student Katherine Horton--attacked New Year's night--was found on January 2 floating offshore near a Koh Samui tourist beach.

Police on Monday arrested two fishing trawler crewmen, Wichai Somkhaoyai, 24, of nearby Nakhon Si Thammarat Province and Bualoi Phothisit, 23, of northeastern Ubon Ratchathani Province, both of whom confessed to the rape and murder.

According to investigators, DNA tests confirmed that both men had raped her.

--TNA 2006-01-14

Too little, too late

horse bolt stable door ?

when I lived on Samui the only time I ever saw the police was when they were on motorbike helmet patrol to raise some cash.

Well it might be as in a lot of circumstances, an unfortunate event to prompt some drastic changes.Negative attitudes never sporn positive results.Oh how quick are we to join the band of eternal pessimists.

Well it might be as in a lot of circumstances, an unfortunate event to prompt some drastic changes.Negative attitudes never sporn positive results.Oh how quick are we to join the band of eternal pessimists.

Great they are going to send more corruption !

Iron iron iron what are we going to do with you lol .Whatever you think mate.

send a fox to guard the henhouse from the wolf

makes sense