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Koh Tao murders: Forget that Bangkok search, deputy police chief says (updated)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 24/09/2014
» Once again, the evening news is very different from the morning news. Should we blame it on social media as the deputy national police chief suggests? Meanwhile, still no arrests.
Postbag: Cops need policing
News, Published on 24/09/2014
» If the world holds any hope that the mystery into the murders on Koh Tao of Hannah Witheridge and David Miller will be solved, I would like to draw attention to the following cases: Kirsty Jones, August 2000, Chiang Mai; Adam Lloyd and Vanessa Arscott; September, 2004, Kanchanaburi; and Leo Del Pinto, January 2008 in Mae Hong Son.
Police scour Bangkok for Koh Tao murder suspect
News, Post Reporters, Published on 24/09/2014
» Surat Thani police are asking their Bangkok counterparts to hunt for another person of interest in the murders of two British tourists on Koh Tao last week.
The cinema bridge
Life, Published on 24/09/2014
» Looking for her lead actor, director Nichaya Boonsiripan spent three months hanging out at the Immigration Service Centre for Legalised Labourers of Three Nationalities (Myanmar, Cambodian and Laos). She finally picked up Aung Naing Soe for the film Myanmar In Love In Bangkok (Ruk Pasa A-Rai), a romantic comedy about love between a Thai woman and a male migrant worker from Myanmar, which is currently showing in selected cinemas.
Police hunt out of focus
News, Published on 24/09/2014
» Police action in the first week after the horrific Koh Tao tourist murders reveals old problems that are getting worse. Since the battered bodies of Hannah Witheridge from Norfolk and David Miller from Jersey were found, police have made obvious and serious errors by the day. The errors have subjected victims' families and friends to needless suffering. But the Royal Thai Police from the lower ranks to headquarters have pandered shamelessly to a voracious media. When the subject of police reform comes before the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) committees in the near future, this case should be Bad Example No.1.
Two more questioned in Koh Tao case
Published on 23/09/2014
» SURAT THANI — Two men were questioned on Tuesday in connection with last week’s murder of two British backpackers on Koh Tao, Provincial Police Region 8 commissioner Panya Mamen said.
Scottish tourist 'can ID killers'
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 23/09/2014
» Police have placed a Scottish tourist in protective custody after learning he might be able to identify the two men police believe were involved in the murder of two British tourists on Koh Tao in Surat Thani last week.
Island killings prompt stiffer worker rules
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 23/09/2014
» The Labour Ministry will impose strict rules on hiring and registering migrant workers on popular tourist islands following the murders of two British holidaymakers on Surat Thani's Koh Tao on Sept 15.
Tourism confidence index to hit 106 points
Business, Chadamas Chinmaneevong, Published on 23/09/2014
» The tourism confidence index is expected to increase to 106 points in the fourth quarter from 93 in the third quarter thanks to political stability and the high season.
DNA tests draw a blank
Published on 22/09/2014
» Tests have shown the DNA samples police collected from 30 people did not match any of the suspects of the Koh Tao double murder case, said deputy police chief Pol Gen Somyot Poompanmoung on Monday.