I wonder if Mr Cees Koldijk is returning to Krabi for another holiday of a life time with his daughter as a result of the promotions and and the tourism ministress's assurances that Thailand has suddenly become safe.

The previous tourism minister suggested that his daughter must have consented to being brutally raped and left half naked by the side of a rural road because she had dinner with her assailant, a convicted murderer, and a group of other people. This was in spite of the fact that the rapist, Mr Chumpol, was a convicted murderer who was allowed to work legally as a tour guide following his realease from prison. Let's hope Ms Kobkarn, as a woman, will be more sensitive to the plight of the many female tourists who are victims of violent crime in Thailand.

Mr Koldijk vowed to take down his video from Youtube when his daughter's assailant was safely behind bars. So I assume that Mr Chumpol is still out on bail appealing his conviction, despite his conviction and 20 year prison sentence for the rape and assault and his former track record as a murderer. Perhaps he is still working as a tour guide. There are also some highly suspicious characters wandering around in Koh Tao late at night in spite of the curfew preventing Burmese from being out of doors after 10pm.

Better to stay away, if you are female and under 70.

More tourist police will also facilitate and ensure safety for tourists, while zoning laws will be improved to enhance sustainability at tourist destinations, the minister said on Monday.

Will these new tourist police be from the 10,000 police conscripts planned by the police chief?

I wonder if Mr Cees Koldijk is returning to Krabi for another holiday of a life time with his daughter as a result of the promotions and and the tourism ministress's assurances that Thailand has suddenly become safe.

The previous tourism minister suggested that his daughter must have consented to being brutally raped and left half naked by the side of a rural road because she had dinner with her assailant, a convicted murderer, and a group of other people. This was in spite of the fact that the rapist, Mr Chumpol, was a convicted murderer who was allowed to work legally as a tour guide following his realease from prison. Let's hope Ms Kobkarn, as a woman, will be more sensitive to the plight of the many female tourists who are victims of violent crime in Thailand.

Mr Koldijk vowed to take down his video from Youtube when his daughter's assailant was safely behind bars. So I assume that Mr Chumpol is still out on bail appealing his conviction, despite his conviction and 20 year prison sentence for the rape and assault and his former track record as a murderer. Perhaps he is still working as a tour guide. There are also some highly suspicious characters wandering around in Koh Tao late at night in spite of the curfew preventing Burmese from being out of doors after 10pm.

Better to stay away, if you are female and under 70.

I remember this story and video well. At the time I thought this

was a pretty scary looking Dad, who was pretty pissed off his daughter had been raped. Am surprised he did not take justice into his own hands... :-) And yeah, I suspect that he , his family, and friends

have not visited Thailand recently..

????????????

Only the killers are safe here

Foreign tourists can be assured of safety in Thailand, says Kobkarn

They will be safely murdered by youth tourism ambassadors AKA Koh Tao copycats armed with hoes and from the electronic bracelets we will sell them at Immigration, we will know who they were. Thai criminals will be asked to leave the bracelets on the tourists they have raped and/or murdered for ease of identification and to avoid making the country lose face and tourism revenue.

Is this a joke?

sadly it is not

She needs to read the news