canuckamuck Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Just curious to see if opinions have been changed by recent events on the island. The island was a place I was hoping to visit sometime. Now I doubt I ever will. I have friends who are coming for their honeymoon. They will go spend time in the gulf but they won't go to Koh Tao now either. How about the rest of you? Is it a place you will still visit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post submaniac Posted October 3, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted October 3, 2014 I do not see why it would present a problem to go. After what has happened, and the subsequent scrutiny by the police and public, I would think that the island would be one of the safest in the country. Let's put it this way, I find it highly unlikely that there would be a repeat of what occurred anytime in the near future. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ukrules Posted October 3, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted October 3, 2014 This place is now on my permanent shit list. 41 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post draftvader Posted October 3, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted October 3, 2014 I just voted that I wouldn't go and I would convince others to avoid it. Why? submaniac, you are right about the safety. That is not the issue though. Thai and foreigner alike do not believe what is happening there. We are all dead certain that it is family members of a well connected individual on that island. Until RTP allow independent (and being that this is a British Citizen perhaps Scotland Yard would be the polite thing to do) body to run the DNA tests I doubt any of us will believe what is happening. If you go to Koh Tao you will be paying into the hands of the rapist/killers. I won't believe otherwise until a reliable body is allowed to examine the evidence. 33 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post longstebe Posted October 3, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted October 3, 2014 This place is now on my permanent shit list. Would have to agree with this. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post AYJAYDEE Posted October 3, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted October 3, 2014 why not? no more corrupt or dangerous than any other thai resort 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mauGR1 Posted October 3, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted October 3, 2014 That place gives me the creeps.. I would rather swim in the Chao Praya. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdinasia Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 I like it there and would happily return 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goshawk Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Nerves & feelings are raw right now . . totally understandable. But it's not the actual island's fault that a slaying & possible cover up/corruption tarnished it's appeal is it? i mean, people still continue to visit Lower Manhattan in droves to marvel at it's "beauty" don't they? . . . Personally i wouldn't go to Koh Tao though, but that's because i'd be bored sh*tless there, & nothing to do with these recent events. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdinasia Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Nerves & feelings are raw right now . . totally understandable. But it's not the actual island's fault that a slaying & possible cover up/corruption tarnished it's appeal is it? i mean, people still continue to visit Lower Manhattan in droves to marvel at it's "beauty" don't they? . . . Personally i wouldn't go to Koh Tao though, but that's because i'd be bored sh*tless there, & nothing to do with these recent events. I have friends there. I dive and snorkel and I like a place that is fairly calm in the evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post trainman34014 Posted October 3, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted October 3, 2014 Nope; deprive them of the thing they love most...MONEY 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post submaniac Posted October 3, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted October 3, 2014 I just voted that I wouldn't go and I would convince others to avoid it. Why? submaniac, you are right about the safety. That is not the issue though. Thai and foreigner alike do not believe what is happening there. We are all dead certain that it is family members of a well connected individual on that island. Until RTP allow independent (and being that this is a British Citizen perhaps Scotland Yard would be the polite thing to do) body to run the DNA tests I doubt any of us will believe what is happening. If you go to Koh Tao you will be paying into the hands of the rapist/killers. I won't believe otherwise until a reliable body is allowed to examine the evidence. You may be right about that (actually probability is favoring you). I'm not in country right now so I am not as caught up on the information surrounding the case. I do not think that itis likely to be repeated given the scrutiny that is on the area, but from what I'm reading on TV news, I do smell a cover up as well. With all of the mishandling of the case (the multiple arrests of people who were subsequently released) as well as a concern that the police may have forced confessions, I would change my vote to not go. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DP25 Posted October 3, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted October 3, 2014 Won't go, but not because of the murder or the police investigation. I won't go because in response to this murder, the people of the island decided to place an entrance fee on all visitors to the island. Likely they will soon realize their stupidity and backtrack on this idea, but that they even came up with it in the first place, rather than taking responsibility to protect the people visiting their island and making them rich on their own, is disgusting. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdinasia Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Won't go, but not because of the murder or the police investigation. I won't go because in response to this murder, the people of the island decided to place an entrance fee on all visitors to the island. Likely they will soon realize their stupidity and backtrack on this idea, but that they even came up with it in the first place, rather than taking responsibility to protect the people visiting their island and making them rich on their own, is disgusting. And yet... The people cannot and it has not happened ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brewsterbudgen Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 I'm not into diving, so, no I have no immediate plans to visit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HooHaa Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 nope, but thats only because the last time i went no one would rent me a room because i wasnt diving 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Boxclever Posted October 3, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted October 3, 2014 It's not the lack of security that prevents me from ever going there, it's the thought of sun baking on a beach knowing what had happened there. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai at Heart Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 I do not see why it would present a problem to go. After what has happened, and the subsequent scrutiny by the police and public, I would think that the island would be one of the safest in the country. Let's put it this way, I find it highly unlikely that there would be a repeat of what occurred anytime in the near future. There has been a fit up job on a crime of extreme violence, and u don't think there is much chance it may happen again. Beyond that, you think that the authorities are actually doing anything significant to protect anyone. Man TAT does a good line of rosey specs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdinasia Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 A fit up job.. . Possibly. I rather doubt it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uptheos Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Not go somewhere because murders have happened there? Now I have to cross off most of my bucket list places. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sigurris Posted October 3, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted October 3, 2014 Imagine the unthnkable. A hiso islander kills two tourists and frames some Burmese. Gets away with it. Would that make the real killer feel invincible or would he learn his lesson? Its a tricky one but I would not want my kids going there. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdinasia Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Not go somewhere because murders have happened there? Now I have to cross off most of my bucket list places. If you add places people died... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post canuckamuck Posted October 3, 2014 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 3, 2014 It is not the fact that murders have occurred, but it appears the mafia operation there operates with more than the usual hubris and impunity. Visiting would be equivalent to endorsement. 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SoiBiker Posted October 3, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted October 3, 2014 Yes. Been before, would go again. I wouldn't stay on Sairee beach though. Not because I think it's unsafe, but because it's an over-developed dump full of irritating backpackers. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdinasia Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 It is not the fact that murders have occurred, but it appears the mafia operation there operates with more than the usual hubris and impunity. Visiting would be equivalent to endorsement. Are you stating that these things do not happen in CNX? Etc?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bender Posted October 3, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted October 3, 2014 for all the people that i love, for my family, for my family friends, i will lobying against taking their holiday in thailand. Because i do care for them! And now nothing disgust me more than a thai with a sneaky/crocodile/psychotic smile. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckamuck Posted October 3, 2014 Author Share Posted October 3, 2014 (edited) JDINASIA Are you stating that these things do not happen in CNX? Etc?? Which things? What is the the reputation of Koh Tao compared to CNX. I see a difference. Edited October 3, 2014 by canuckamuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdinasia Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Which things? What is the the reputation of Koh Tao compared to CNX. I see a difference. Murder.. Corruption.. Mis-handled investigations.. Etc.. That is what you are suggesting happened on Koh Tao, right?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SoiBiker Posted October 3, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted October 3, 2014 Some people seem to reacting like this is the first time anything bad ever happened in Thailand. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post slipperylobster Posted October 3, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted October 3, 2014 Not until justice is served...to the correct perpetrators. ... I hope everyone feels the same. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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