Arrest warrant for Koh Tao murder suspect to be Issued in 3 days

[louse1953]

I heard that FBI and Scotland Yard were doing their own investigations undercover and know exactly what the Thai Police are doing. Charge the wrong people for this and the entire Thai Police force will have to be sacked in front of the world....now that's a BIG loss of face.....karma. I was going to mention this earlier on in the investigation but decided to let them run with this entire disgusting excuse of an investigation.

Also, I'd imagine that human right groups will be called in to save the poor sucker fitted up for this.

5555,FBI and The Yard undercover on KT,5555.You should have kept that to yourself.

[transam]

I heard that FBI and Scotland Yard were doing their own investigations undercover and know exactly what the Thai Police are doing. Charge the wrong people for this and the entire Thai Police force will have to be sacked in front of the world....now that's a BIG loss of face.....karma. I was going to mention this earlier on in the investigation but decided to let them run with this entire disgusting excuse of an investigation.

Also, I'd imagine that human right groups will be called in to save the poor sucker fitted up for this.

5555,FBI and The Yard undercover on KT,5555.You should have kept that to yourself.

Do you know different...?

[culicine]

Is it just me, or does this case show the so called "Thainess" at it's ugliest? Xenophobia, a blame it on the victims attitude, and complete incompetence of law enforcement agencies, all come together. To top this up, one must hear the now famous bikini speech of our leader, and the cynical and difficult to beat "let them wear tracking devices" idea of the tourist minister. The only way to bring Thailand to it's senses, would be a complete boycott by tourists planning to visit.

And what about the expats. I've said it before... if you want to effect change in Thailand then the expat community should walk. Just think of the impact of 10,000 or more hitting Phuket Airport or Had Yai - do you think the international press would ignore a mass exodus? When interviewed the expats can then say why and demand change. Seriously if the Thai Gov didn't change they would be losing billions each year and would be a massive blow to the economy... you talk about tourists boycotting but you and the other expats could achieve so much more. Time to get off the bar stool and put your words into actions.

Thais don't give a damn about expats living here, unless they have businesses supporting lots of Thai workers. 10,000 of us could leave, but compared to 25M tourists a year, its such a small fraction to have no impact at all (on the economy).

[davidmann]

Why does it take 3 to issue an arrest warrant, if the evidence is there just go pick the suspect up.

How many days does a cheque take to clear when deposited into a Thai account ?

easy answer ,gives them time to leave ,it is tiredland don't won't them to rush and run

[jucel]

I heard that FBI and Scotland Yard were doing their own investigations undercover and know exactly what the Thai Police are doing. Charge the wrong people for this and the entire Thai Police force will have to be sacked in front of the world....now that's a BIG loss of face.....karma. I was going to mention this earlier on in the investigation but decided to let them run with this entire disgusting excuse of an investigation.

Also, I'd imagine that human right groups will be called in to save the poor sucker fitted up for this.

5555,FBI and The Yard undercover on KT,5555.You should have kept that to yourself.

They could send them in dressed as Coco the clown and the Thais wouldn't notice!

[realenglish1]

Sure tell the whole world including the murders that you will issue an arrest warrant in 3 days.

I only have 2 words for the investigators "keystone cops"

If your not sure of the words then google them.

[BoristheBlade]

I do find it strange that the friend's that were with both victims on the fateful night have made no public statements on their arrival back in the UK.

Maybe they are waiting until after the funerals are held or maybe be the British police are involved.

If there were problems in the AC bar that night they would be aware and they could also identify other suspects/ witnesses i.e. the student allegedly studying hard in Bangkok.

[meand]

Why is the British Foreign Office not getting more involved in this?

Why is the Government just letting events pass by day after day without stamping on the police who by every measure are not performing and the stench of corruption is overpowering?

Where are morals and professionalism?

Where is JUSTICE!!!!!!!

I don't understand that either. Why don't these large countries demand legit investigations in these cases?

[greenchair]

There was a case in America. Guy killed girl. Police had DNA on girl but no other evidence. Could not arrest him. Illegal to take persons DNA without permission(theft). Everyday checked guys bin as anything in a bin is public property. Guy wss clever never threw anything out with dna.undercover cop follows him around. He goes to starbucks buys coffee, cop follows. When he finished throw cup in public bin.cop gets. Cup and DNA now public property. DNA matched, cops arrested guy. Moral ,if u ra uni student, please follow suspect that we will not name. Get cup or hair and bring to tv csi team.

[chrisinth]

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Have they found someone to give false evidence in exchange for money?

It's not at all uncommon throughout this whole region for not only witnesses to be bought, but also a paid patsy to be found who is willing to "confess" to a crime he did not commit in exchange for a suitable consideration to take care of his dependents.

I believe that this is the most likely scenario for a "successful" outcome to this charade of an investigation........

I think an awful lot of people are over estimating the power that these local families have, as well as the influence of the local police.

The big guns from Bkk are in charge of the investigation and given the publicity the case has been given in the international press, I don't think paying people off is as easy as it normally is. They need to be 100% transparent with the outcome of this, and I'm sure they have been told this from powers above.

In the same vein, I also have doubts as to the statement from the taxi driver, being given money and being beaten up. He may have been given a slap to make sure he was paying attention, but if he was given money as he has claimed, where is it? Has he returned it?

[rick182]

Hannahs life was worth 100 migrants

[meand]

Meanwhile, Jordan van der sloot is now a father from a peruvian prison. Out of all the aspects of that case, the one thing they did get right was the coverage. I wish that same type of coverage would be present in this case.

[jollyhangmon]

Arrest warrant for Koh Tao murder suspect to be Issued in 3 days

Yeah, as soon as they beat convince a witness to take a bribe come forward and name the perpetrators that killed the two Brits...

... nonono, you got that all wrong!

>Pol Lt-Gen Panya also dismissed as groundless an allegation made by one suspect, Pornprasit Sukdam, that he was tortured by police to implicate others of being the suspects in the murder.<

'Groundless', you see! So that's that ...

[SPB65]

Why are there no farang witnesses who were in AC Bar at the time ?

You know damn well the farangs are biased; they will always blame the Thais.

Maybe it's because farangs understand the concept of justice and that scares the hell out of people here.

I should have stated that my question was actually rhetorical.

[aderushmer]

Boycott Koh Tao forever

[dieseldave1951]

three days two days changed in one day can't wait for the next load of rubbish to come out

you cant make this stuff up well only if your Thai police

[SteveFong]

it would seem they have their prime suspects and, good police work and CCTV camera in convenience stores and matching DNA

if it is anyone in the family of "local administrative chief"

they have a lot of explaining to do, as well as obstructing an investigation and lying to police.

no local mafia person is going to go up against the "former" head of the military,

that isn't a show down, that is a death wish

"A piece of litter recovered near the scene contains DNA from one suspect, a source...""

this case will soon be solved

[a99az]

3 days to issue an arrest warrant, is that because the only one who can write is on leave?

[vogie]

No need to worry I have news from a 'friend' that they are looking for a white burmese worker with a geordie accent.

[monkey4u]

"... saying that the police now have enough information to issue an arrest warrant for the suspect in the case."

So why wait?

It wouldn't be to give someone a 3-day head start would it?

You got it

[SteveFong]

A piece of litter recovered near the scene contains DNA from one suspect, a source...

there is an arrest coming, and, it will stick

[Keesters]

RTP really need to learn to say

No Comment

instead of continually putting their feet in their collective mouths.

my comments are not intended to show disrespect to the victims

but isn't the lesson in this that the RTP need to employ proper, professional PR spokespersons, either nationally or regionally ?

the BiB on the ground need to keep their traps shut, get on with the jobs they are suppose to be doing and let a "talking head" deal with the media and doing "damage control" ?

We know this will not happen, as the head honco's, minnons etc all love their 15 minutes of fame, telling the "world" and being in the spotlight, irrespective of what comes out their mouths..

Agree. I've said it before about having a responsible press officer and here about keeping traps shut with "no comment".

Good to know we are on the same page.

[jomcondo]

If anyone wants a good example of how filthy this country is........this is a very good example.

That police chief must be coming under immense pressure for not much money.

[gemini81]

For endemic corruption, philippines' police force may get the silver, but for total absolute incompetence along with corruption, thai police get the gold! maybe in more ways than one.

[gemini81]

For endemic corruption, philippines' police force may get the silver, but for total absolute incompetence along with corruption, thai police get the gold! maybe in more ways than one.

[joecoolfrog]

I strongly suspect that this post will be completed in 3 days , please understand that I need to check its composition for errors , must go now because my noodles are ready.

[Maroon Watcher]

in 3 days they will say they couldn't issue the warrant cos they couldn't find the person/s to give it them....?

[off road pat]

Beats the bull I heard yesterday,...I went to a Transcendental Meditation Initiation course....yesterday.........lucky for me I am highly trained in recognizing Bull.....sins I try to follow the information in this this Koh Tao murder case I had a more than fair share of it.....

[TuskegeeBen]

[bertty]

I've said it before and I'll say it again..... I've said it before.