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UN calls for govt to act on 'disappearance' law
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 12/03/2016
» The United Nations and other international and local human rights agencies have called on the government to act upon its promises to criminalise enforced disappearances.
Koh Tao murder pair get death
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 25/12/2015
» KOH SAMUI: Two migrant workers from Myanmar have been sentenced to death for the brutal murders of two British backpackers on Koh Tao in September 2014, a gruesome crime that focused global attention on tourist safety and police conduct in the country.
Saudi envoy hopes to restore ties
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 07/10/2015
» Twenty-five years after downgrading ties with Bangkok, Saudi Arabia is offering an olive branch to "normalise'' its relationship with Thailand.
Koh Tao murder trial resumes Wednesday
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 22/07/2015
» The mothers of the two Myanmar migrants accused in the Koh Tao murders of two British tourists have flown in to support their sons as the hearing resumes Wednesday at Samui Provincial Court.
Court orders evidence retested
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 11/07/2015
» The Samui Provincial Court has ordered remaining forensic evidence in the Koh Tao tourist murders case to be sent for re-examination at the Justice Ministry's Central Institute of Forensic Science in line with a defence request.
Key forensic re-testing sought
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 10/07/2015
» Surat Thani: Defence lawyers expect the Koh Samui Provincial Court will decide Friday whether to allow a re-examination of forensic evidence in the trial of two Myanmar nationals accused of murdering two British tourists on Koh Tao.
Koh Tao policeman challenged over killings
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 09/07/2015
» Surat Thani: Defence lawyers of two Myanmar suspects accused of murdering two British tourists on Koh Tao challenged a police officer involved in the case over the reliability of his investigation as the trial opened Wednesday.
Trial for Koh Tao killings starts Wednesday
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 08/07/2015
» Surat Thani — Two Myanmar migrants accused of murdering two Britons 10 months ago on the tourist island of Koh Tao will stand trial Wednesday.
Envoys, media to meet for privacy talks
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 22/10/2014
» Western ambassadors will meet the local media today to seek its cooperation in protecting the privacy and rights of tourists who fall victim to crimes or accidents.
Koh Tao pair claim they were tortured before confessing
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 08/10/2014
» Two Myanmar suspects charged with the premeditated murder of two British tourists on Surat Thani's Koh Tao on Sept 15 have told Myanmar embassy officials they were physically assaulted prior to their confession, the embassy says.