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Suspects in Koh Tao backpacker murders retract confessions, says official


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"Thailand’s most prominent forensic investigator has questioned why an expert in the area was not used to collect samples following the discovery on 15 September of the murdered Britons, Hannah Witheridge and David Miller, on Koh Tao island."

So are they saying the DNA evidence is not valid?

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State prosecutor advises police to fix some flaws in the tourist murder case before court trial

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BANGKOK: -- The state prosecutor of the Eighth Prosecution Region has advised the police to find more information on some points which remain sceptical in the tourist murder case file before prosecution in the court.

The chief prosecutor Mr Thawatchai Siengjaew said he has received the murder case file from the prosecutor in Surat Thani province and has looked through all the file in details.

After studying the case file, he said there are some flaws in the file which are sceptical and needed to have more information.

He said he would send these sceptical points to the police to collect more information today to make the case more sold to proceed in the court.

He made clear that the request for more investigation did not mean the prosecutor returned the case file to the police, but was merely a recommendation to question more to make it solid.

The police are required to complete their findings on these points, which he said are not much, within seven days so prosecution could proceed.

He declined to elaborate the suspicious points but said it would be crucial for making decision whether to or not to prosecute the suspects in court.

Meanwhile The Telegraph daily of the UK reported today that the two migrant workers accused murdering two British tourists were reported to have retracted their confessions.

It said Zaw Lin and Win Zaw Htun, both 21, were arrested last Friday for the murders of Hannah Witheridge and David Miller whose disfigured bodies were dumped on a beach on the Thai island of Koh Tao on September 15.

The Telegraph said Aung Myo Thant, who has been described as a lawyer with connection to the Burmese embassy in Bangkok, met the accused men on Monday and, in interviews with Thai and Burmese media, said they claimed to have been beaten and threatened with electrocution in order to confess.

“They said they didn’t do it, that the Thai police beat them until they confessed to something they didn’t do,” he was quoted as saying by Myanmar’s 7Day Daily newspaper, the UK papers quoted the Bangkok Post as reporting.

“They were a really pitiful sight,” he added. “Their bodies had all sorts of bruises.”

Mark Kent, the UK ambassador in Bangkok, received a two-hour briefing on those allegations from human rights activists on Wednesday afternoon and Foreign Office officials, who initially offered support to Thai police, now say they are “concerned” about the alleged mistreatment of the accused men.

In a statement, the family of Hannah Witheridge, a 23-year-old from Great Yarmouth, also hinted at their concerns over the investigation.

“As a family we hope that the right people are found and brought to justice,” the statement, released ahead of Ms Witheridge’s funeral on Friday, said.

The father of Win Zaw Htun, one of the accused men, told Burmese media he did not believe his son was capable of murder.

“My son is helpful and friendly,” U Tun Tun Hteik told Myanmar’s Mizzima News website. “He is not a wild guy.”

“I think he will be released if the investigation into this case is fair and systematic.”

(Photo : Thai PBS File)

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/state-prosecutor-advises-police-fix-flaws-tourist-murder-case-court-trial/

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-- Thai PBS 2014-10-10

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The Prime Minister has gone to Myanmar today - i wonder what deal he will offer to Myanmar top brass in order to remove Myanmar opposition to RTP actions, convict the two and get the case closed

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"Thailand’s most prominent forensic investigator has questioned why an expert in the area was not used to collect samples following the discovery on 15 September of the murdered Britons, Hannah Witheridge and David Miller, on Koh Tao island."

So are they saying the DNA evidence is not valid?

Rational people have been saying there was reasonable doubt. I would say she confirmed doubt.

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The Prime Minister has gone to Myanmar today - i wonder what deal he will offer to Myanmar top brass in order to remove Myanmar opposition to RTP actions, convict the two and get the case closed

They are no different from our pricks ( sorry that should read politicians ).great thing about the internet is that you can keep up with the news from your own abode.How bare faced liers they are.

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The next step should be to punish in the most severe possible way the people responsible for "protecting" the safety of the two incarcerated Burmese suspect. Should they "die" while in custody of the Police, the station commander or prison chief should be held responsible and given the harshest of punishment. Perhaps, they would think about moving them elsewhere - where it is much safer for the two suspects.

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