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 […]
FROM AN ENGLISH CHILDREN’S HOME TO SAMUI COURT As the days draw closer to the day when two young Burmese men go on trial on the Thai island of Koh Samui for the rape and murder of Hannah Witheridge and the murder of David Miller on nearby Koh Tao, and after a young British woman was […]
– 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 […]
On the day British police finally made it to the Thai island of Koh Tao the scene of the murders of Hannah Witheridge and David Miller, Britain’s Foreign Office has stated that it is concerned not only about the alleged mistreatment of the two Burmese men now held in Koh Samui jail but also concerned […]
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 […]
WHILE YOUNG BACKPACKERS PLAY MACABRE GAMES FOR FUN THEIR PARADISE ISLAND HOLDS DARK SECRETS As Britain today prepares to bury the bodies of Hannah Witheridge and David Miller, who were murdered on the Thai island of Koh Tai, campaigns for a fair trial for the accused, and for murder victims in Thailand have gone global. […]
‘YOU SHOULD BE THANKING US BECAUSE WE HAVE MADE IT EASIER FOR THE NEXT PERSON WHO GOES THERE’ – HE SAID AFTER HE AND SAVILE RAPED INNOCENT 15-YEAR-OLD Former Pattaya Brit Ray Teret, now 72, has now gone on trial in Britain for the rape of 18 under-aged girls. Teret, lived in Thailand for several […]
As international human rights agencies seeks clarification on a controversial Thai murder investigation, staff at the Myanmar Embassy in Bangkok send a team to Koh Samui A Burmese migrant worker ngo also has sent a team to Koh Samui where the suspects are being held. But police chief Police General Somyot Pumpunmuang denies they are scapegoats. And […]
PLEASE DON’T CLOSE THIS CASE! Three of the out of group of nine Burmese who were friends of the two who now face the death penalty in Thailand for murder of two British backpackers were tortured by Thai police six days ago, it was claimed today. Praying and begging for forgiveness (Khao Sod) Or is […]
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.