Koh Tao mayor blasts UK media's 'negative reporting'

[hughben]

Police have yet to determine the cause of death for Annesley, who was discovered dead in her bungalow on 21 January. Police did not publicly confirm her death to the press until 23 January, and were quick to stress that Annesley "was not murdered."

[JohnnyHK]

Alwyn, on 26 Jan 2015 - 10:54, said:

lucky11, on 26 Jan 2015 - 10:49, said:

Lingba, on 26 Jan 2015 - 08:23, said:

Angered???...Gee I wonder why?...Time to wake up Mr Mayor and stop your crying

The British press have got it wrong again (as they did with Hannah and David's murder).

The murdered woman's family have stated that she died of natural causes and not under suspicious circumstances!!

If they (the UK gutter press) had written about there being a Mafia culture on Koh Toh then fair enough BUT linking this death to Mafia gangs is bang out of order and I don't blame the Mayor for being enraged about shoddy/outrageous reporting.

Perhaps you can clear something up for me? The family stated she died from natural causes based on the fact the tweeted that she'd bought some antibiotics and was never heard from again, correct? So who told the family their daughter died from natural causes? In the article it says "Police have yet to determine the cause of death for Annesley". Perhaps you can clear this up for us please?

It was the FCO who told the family she had died of natural causes. Of course the FCO has a "don't rock the boat" attitude. Mustn't jeopardize trade deals, eh?

If that is true then this needs addressing pretty promptly. How could the FCO tell Christina's family their daughter died of natural causes before any autopsy had taken place? Is this a fact? And who told the FCO? What the <deleted> is going on?

Again, I would like to point out Lucky11(. Brother of the mayor?) said "the murdered woman's family have stated that she died of natural causes"- note that he said she was murdered, not that she passed away!!!

[peptidebomber]

Anyone heard about this girl?

http://missingabroad.org/missing-profile/lauren-hebden

[siampolee]

peptidebomber post # 305.

Anyone heard about this girl?

http://missingabroad...e/lauren-hebden

Interesting link and some interesting parallels too.,''Koh Tao.''

[AnotherOneAmerican]

peptidebomber post # 305.

Anyone heard about this girl?

http://missingabroad...e/lauren-hebden

Interesting link and some interesting parallels too.,''Koh Tao.''

Young woman 'missing in Koh Tao' sounds a little like 'dead and buried in Koh Tao' to me.

A very sad state of affairs.

[thailandchilli]

Anyone heard about this girl?

http://missingabroad.org/missing-profile/lauren-hebden

First I've heard of that one, last seen in Koh Tao missing since Dec 22nd? Here's another link to her http://www.scoopnest.com/out/?url=http://t.co/jgoAPExwdS&id=559664561482399744

Just found her facebook page seems she was a dive instructor at Roctopus Dive in Koh Tao https://www.facebook.com/lauren.hebden.5

[englishoak]

Thats really not good. http://www.scoopnest.com/out/?url=http://t.co/jgoAPExwdS&id=559664561482399744 A few dive schools on KT on her facebook links too ............ Hmmmmmmm

[bruceybonus]

And another person missing, last seen on Koh Tao

http://missingabroad.org/missing-profile/lauren-hebden

[Mot Dang]

I'm baffled. How can you NOT have negative news coverage when young tourists are being murdered, and with this recent death no information on the circumstances of her death have as yet been released. Oh sorry this may be too logical.

[animatic]

Another one bites the dust!

All I know is that I wanted to go there for a dive trip in February and my Thai Wife who is pestering me for a holiday will not step foot on the island.

As a test, I said, "That is the only place I want to go."

She said "OK, then no holiday this year."

Period. Full stop. End of story for that island.

(Found a better island so we are on the way)

Well this really gets to the guts of the story.

The foreign tourist/resident will go,

but his Thai wife adamantly would rather stay home than risk going to Koh Tao.

Mr. Mayor, it is not simply the British press giving your island a bad rep,

but the basic perceptions of the average Thai woman, now are totally

wired against Koh Tao. And that can NOT be laid at the writing of foreign press,

nor foreign online bloggers or chat groups. Seems this is quite well known

in several levels of Thai society, with no aid from outside.

[Cake Monster]

How to get a Crocodile firmly anchored on your ass = start criticising the UK ( or any advanced nations press ) when there are so many weird things happening on your patch of turf.

[animatic]

We don't yet know what a toxicology screen says.

If someone 'date rape drugged her', on top of alcohols and Tramadol for instance,

that might have been enough to kill her, that becomes unintentional manslaughter.

If there is this type of drug in her system but not found in her room,

plus ones found in her room, this might indicate foul play.

And would mean there was no need to physically abuse her,

since she would have been out of it prior to passing away.

We likely will not know, partly from the multi day delay of getting her

to autopsy blaming lack of boat transport.

[Yann55]

The pick up truck transporting the corpse is labelled KOH TAO RESCUE ...

I'm sure that the bitter irony of that last word is not lost on anyone here. The mayor would probably call it a 'positive approach' though...

[Joakimbkk]

There seems to be another missing person on Koh Tao...

https://www.facebook.com/CSILA90210/photos/a.600950366649359.1073741828.596740650403664/780807551996972/?type=1&theater

http://missingabroad.org/missing-profile/lauren-hebden

But this time, already one month.... cover up again? she was a scuba diver...

[Strangebrew]

Is this Thainess? Look Mr Mayor if it looks like a Duck, walks like a duck, quacks like a duck It is a fricken Duck. When you can do a DNA test with results with in 24 hours, Find a person hung with hands tied behind back and rule it suicide, Why can't an autopsy be done in 2 weeks with results posted? Or is it getting harder to find lies to protect the guilty? Welcome to Frangness we can see through your lies and won't be quiet about it any longer. I hope you little rathole Island dies and blows away KARMA rules.

[cumgranosalum]

looks like this guy has just made himself the most unpopular person in Thailand amongst foreigners.

[cumgranosalum]

Koh Tao - "Death Island"?

[thailandchilli]

The one major conspiracy we have going on here is the determination by some to silence any criticism however just and proven of the deaths in Koh Tao, the major of KT has now joined in the chorus to keep the heat away, its too late, yes there's now a media frenzy and I wonder why:

"A media feeding frenzy is intense media coverage of a story of great interest to the public."

[JLCrab]

Koh Tao - "Death Island"?

[IslandLover]

thailandchilli, on 27 Jan 2015 - 02:13, said:

peptidebomber, on 27 Jan 2015 - 01:20, said:

Anyone heard about this girl?

http://missingabroad.org/missing-profile/lauren-hebden

First I've heard of that one, last seen in Koh Tao missing since Dec 22nd? Here's another link to her http://www.scoopnest.com/out/?url=http://t.co/jgoAPExwdS&id=559664561482399744

Just found her facebook page seems she was a dive instructor at Roctopus Dive in Koh Tao https://www.facebook.com/lauren.hebden.5

Latest info says Mojo Divers on KT. Very worrying

[Mooner]

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/mother-of-backpacker-who-died-on-thai-island-the-last-words-we-said-were-i-love-you-10001861.html

Looks like her mum has changed her mind

[Willy Eckerslike]

Anyone heard about this girl?

http://missingabroad.org/missing-profile/lauren-hebden

First I've heard of that one, last seen in Koh Tao missing since Dec 22nd? Here's another link to her http://www.scoopnest.com/out/?url=http://t.co/jgoAPExwdS&id=559664561482399744

Just found her facebook page seems she was a dive instructor at Roctopus Dive in Koh Tao https://www.facebook.com/lauren.hebden.5

Seven (7) Avoidable Deaths and now this young lass missing, all within the space of Four (4) Months and all attributed to Koh Tao..............'Turd'tle Island......un effin believable

Then the Major stands up and

"blasts UK media's 'negative reporting' <deleated> <deleated> <deleated> <deleated>

EDIT, Bring in a 'Panorama' team...............or some such ilk

[thailandchilli]

thailandchilli, on 27 Jan 2015 - 02:13, said:

peptidebomber, on 27 Jan 2015 - 01:20, said:

Anyone heard about this girl?

http://missingabroad.org/missing-profile/lauren-hebden

First I've heard of that one, last seen in Koh Tao missing since Dec 22nd? Here's another link to her http://www.scoopnest.com/out/?url=http://t.co/jgoAPExwdS&id=559664561482399744

Just found her facebook page seems she was a dive instructor at Roctopus Dive in Koh Tao https://www.facebook.com/lauren.hebden.5

Latest info says Mojo Divers on KT. Very worrying

Whats that?

[spidermike007]

Mayor Chaiyan Turasakul is a ridiculously silly man, and knows very little about the outside world. He sits in his office collecting a fortune from crime families, and is obviously upset that this enormous income stream has been affected by the bad publicity that the crime families are generating with their recent killing sprees. Dark Tao is a drug infested place of murder and mayhem, and there are five families being protected by everyone from this fool, to the police and the government. They are above the law. If you want the Brits, and the rest of the outside world to stop criticizing your island, do something to improve the place, to improve the safety of tourists, to lessen how compromised the bought and paid for police force are, and then you can complain. Until you do something productive, keep your trap shut, and be content with your ill gotten fortune. People are dying for God's sake. On your watch!

[jacky54]

Not read the whole thread, but I see on AD's site the latest death was Christina Annesley, 23, political activist and budding journalist. Could it be she was asking too many questions about murder and rape there and was dealt with in the Thai way?

[Alan653]

Mayor....WAH...WAH...WAH...

Now jump and down, and repeat...it's not fair!

Yes Koh Tao is run by your influential 5 family's who are mafia

and extoters and murderers!!!

Invite the UK media there and have a meeting.

Maybe you could make them all disappear!

[z42]

Very interesting development here. If this paper is to be believed and the writer not imbelishing then it could well be that the mother of the latesr Brit to die on Koh Tao is also questioning the conduct of local officials. http://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/mother-of-backpacker-who-died-on-thai-island-the-last-words-we-said-were-i-love-you-10001861.html

Incidentally it is a farce that people still visit there considering all the merited negative press lately

[siampolee]

z42, thanks for the link indeed interesting and thought provoking too.

Having read the article it is indeed an interesting turn of events regarding the latest known tourist death on Koh Tao.

It may well be worth considering the girl her political background and the level of that background. There is a possibility that her family are well connected politically thus a little more effort and a few more string may well be pulled to expose the whole truth about this tragic death.

[jacky54]

can taking anti biotics kill you?

[Islandlife]

Mr Mayor.

Open your eyes.

Expand your brain, if that's possible. Re-educate yourself.

Examine the facts.

please tell us some facts?