Category: Hannah Witheridge
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Thailand’s Mystery Serial Killers
ASSASSINS IMPUNITY IN THAILAND’S TOP HOLIDAY PROVINCE A serial killer is on the loose in Thailand but neither the Thai authorities or police have put the matter on top of their agenda. And of course it’s not really making headline news as the victims are all peasants. To be more precise they are all members…
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KOH TAO JUSTICE CAMPAIGN – STATEMENT
The Migrant Worker Rights Network has launched a new appeal to raise cash to defend the two young Burmese migrant workers Zaw Lin and Wei, both aged 21, who have been accused of the murders of Britons Hannah Witheridge and David Miller and the rape of Hannah on the Thai island of Koh Tao last…
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LIES, LIES AND MURDERED FOREIGNERS IN THAILAND
A WORD IN YOUR EAR DEAR MAYOR! An open letter to Chaiyan Turasakul , Mayor of the Thai island of Koh Tao, Dear Mayor, I see you are upset by British media reports over the death of Christina Annersley on your beautiful island of Koh Tao, another young British tourist who has died of natural…
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No Foul Play in Koh Tao Suicide
Sean McAnna leaving Koh Tao Koh Phangan island police in Thailand have ruled there is no foul play in the suicide of a French national who apparently hanged himself in a small rented beach hut in Koh Tao district. This may have sent a chill down the spines of people who heard the account of…
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Why The Trial Of Two Young Burmese For Murder Desperately Needs Monitoring
Flying Sporran’s Weekend Diary Yesterday in the UK the Guardian published a very good article about the plight of the two young Burmese charged with the murder of Hannah Witheridge and David Miller on the Thai island of Kho Tao. The article carried criticism of Scotland Yard and the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office in…
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YET ANOTHER COVER UP – THE SCANDAL OF THE KOH PHANGAN DRUG PROGRAMME
“It was terrifying. My boyfriend was dead. He was staring me in the face and not breathing – but all the clinic boss would say was ‘He’s just sleeping’. A young Australian woman has told how she fled the Thai island of Koh Phangan after her fiancé died in front of her while undergoing a…
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KOH TAO MURDERS – PAGE ONE COMMENT – CAN THE BURMESE HAVE A FAIR TRIAL?
There has been widespread publicity over the forthcoming trial of the two Burmese migrant workers who will be asked today to plead guilty to murder and rape charges relating to the barbaric killings of Britons Hannah Witheridge and David Miller – and also extremely silly ones of entering the country and working illegally something quite…
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KOH TAO MURDERS – WILL THAI POLICE BE ASKED TO INVESTIGATE THEIR OWN TORTURES?
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION TO POLICE: ‘ANSWER TORTURE CHARGES PLEASE’ One of many tasteless pictures appearing on Thai Facebook pages The two young Burmese men charged with the murder of Hannah Witheridge and David Miller on the Thai island of Koh Tao were hit, suffocated with plastic bags, and threatened they would be drowned if they…
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THAILAND – ‘HOST TO INTERNATIONAL CRIME SYNDICATES AWASH WITH DESPISED FOREIGNERS’
One of the worst scandals in the annals of tourism’ – Daily Mail Flying Sporran’s Weekend Diary As Thailand takes some hard knocks from a book about to be published called ‘Destination: Deadly Thailand’ – described by the Daily Mail as exposing ‘one of the worst scandals in the annals of modern tourism’ – some…
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Koh Tao Murders – Don’t Kiss Me Goodnight Sergeant Major
Flying Sporran’s Weekend Diary I have always been a bit wary of senior sergeants and sergeant majors in the Thai Police force. They are not like the classic British Army Sergeant Majors, who in days of old, actually ran the British army, and may still do. Anuthep No, Thai Police senior sergeants and sergeant majors…
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‘TAKE THE RAP FOR THAILAND’ – BURMESE WORKER TOLD. ‘YOU OWE IT TO US’
CAN THAI POLICE STLL GET AWAY WITH OLD STYLE ‘COVER UPS’ AND ‘FIT-UPS’? Tortured ‘Narong’ over the Kirsty Jones murder ‘Do it for Thailand’ As the controversy continues over who was responsible for the murders of Hannah Witheridge and David Miller on Koh Tao, and police close ranks on their now sealed inquiry, questions are…
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EVIDENCE OF TORTURE SEEMS LIKELY IN KOH TAO ENQUIRY
KOH TAO MURDERS: HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION TO SUMMONS OFFICERS ON THE GROUND Porntip Senior police officers involved in the Koh Tao murder investigation today appeared before a board of the National Human Rights Commission of Thailand to answer allegations about the torture of Burmese migrant workers and suspects. The HRC has now it says received…
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BRITISH POLICE TO BE ALLOWED TO CHECK DNA AND TORTURE CLAIMS
THAI PM CONCEDES TO REQUEST BY DAVID CAMERON But Thai police chief not happy British police have been given the green light to investigate DNA procedures and torture claims surrounding the Thai investigation into the murders of Hannah Witheridge and David Miller. Diplomatic sources have confirmed that Prime Minister General Prayuth Chan-Ocha has accepted that…
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KOH TAO MURDERS – PROTESTERS DEMAND BRITISH INVESTIGATION IN LONDON
WHILE BRITAIN’S AMBASSADOR TARGETS THAI MEDIA – Protesters demanding an British government investigation into the murders of Hannah Witheridge and David Miller were successful today in handing their petition into the British Prime Minister David Cameron at 10 Downing Street. The demo attracted quite a large crowd including Burmese and Thai – although as usual only…
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THAI POLICE COVERED UP FOR MAFIA, CLAIMS LEADING THAI MEDIA MOGUL
‘EVERYONE KNEW FROM THE START’ ‘THE BURMESE WERE SCAPEGOATS!’ A leading Thai media mogul went on his own television station in Bangkok last night and said that Thai police were covering up for the island mafia over the murders of Hannah Witheridge and David Miller. Sondhi Limthongkul boss of Manager magazine and Asia Satellite Television…