‘I didn’t think checking the CCTV of the boats was relevant – nor was it worth checking the murder weapon’ I have been following the trial of the two young Burmese on Koh Samui and have been totally absorbed. It seems now reading the international press that few people outside Thailand believe in Thai justice […]
Jack Hansen-Bartel, with mask, behind Andy Hall, with defence lawyer at court today It seemed a sober moment, perhaps even a warning to the media just as the controversial murder trial of the accused killers of British backpackers Hannah Witheridge and David Miller was due to start on the Thai island of Koh Samui. “The […]
THAI JUSTICE ON TRIAL The trial over the controversial murders of British backpackers Hannah Witheridge and David Miller is to start in a few hours time on the Thai holiday island of Koh Samui. But first the judges will have to rule whether the defence will be allowed to examine DNA evidence and the method […]
YOU CAN’T STOP THE MURDERS OF REFUGEES WITH SUSPECTED COMPLICITY BY PUBLIC OFFICIALS, BUT YOU COULD HELP STOP LEGAL MURDER IN THE THAI JUSTICE SYSTEM The Burmese Migrant Rights Network is issuing a further appeal for funds as the trial of Zaw Lin and We Phyp approaches in Koh Samui. This is a court which […]
– KOH TAO MURDERS – Defence team in Koh Tao Murders want DNA checked and how it was gathered checked Defence lawyers for the two 21-year-old Burmese charged with the murder and rape of Hannah Witheridge and David Miller on the Thai island of Koh Tao are to ask the court for a re-examination of […]
YOUNG BURMESE KEEPING UP THEIR SPIRITS IN JAIL IN KOH SAMUI Zaw Lin and Wei Phyo, the two Burmese migrant workers being held for the murders of Britons Hannah Witheridge and David Miller on Koh Tao are reported today to be keeping up their spirits in prison in Koh Sanui, While it is not the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Andrew Drummond is a British independent journalist and occasional television documentary maker. He is a former Fleet Street, London, journalist having worked at the Evening Standard, Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday, News of the World, Observer and The Times.