Koh Tao

ONE DEATH TOO FAR?  A 23-year-old British woman was found dead on the Thai island of Koh Tao early yesterday leaving Thailand’s military controlled government and Tourism Authority with a potential public relations problem after the murders of Hannah Witheridge and David Miller last year. For Christina Hannersley a politically aware and perhaps budding journalist […]

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 […]

STILL – ITS GOT TO MAKE YOU THINK! People who go on social media could be prosecuted under the Computer Crimes Act if they speculate to the dislike of the police – and presumably government too – on who murdered Hannah Witheridge and David Miller on Koh Tao last September, says Thailand’s Police Chief General […]

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 […]

‘Grubby Rooms I Can Bare. Grubby Staff – No!’ Here’s some news to start off the day – The Southern Hotels Association according to PBS News wants a hand in controlling the tourists who come to Thailand.  The organization wants ‘quality’ or ‘high spending’ tourists – ‘at an appropriate level to match the capacity with […]

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 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 […]

‘KOH TAO MURDERS’ ‘LET BRITISH POLICE CHECK THE DNA’ ‘HOW COME POLICE DON’T KNOW ABOUT THE DRUGS’ ‘HOW CAN YOU SOLVE THE COUNTRY’S PROBLEMS IF YOU WON’T ACCEPT THE TRUTH AND END HYPOCRICY’  Sondhi Limthongkul A  TV review by ‘The Weapon’. For foreigners in Thailand who have not quite grasped the language a poster to […]

WORST HOTEL IN THAILAND, RUDEST STAFF IN THE WORLD, ROOM SMELLED LIKE A DRUGS DEN –  GUESTS TOLD TO ‘F! OFF!’ WELCOME TO PARADISE RESORT ON KOH TAO! A resort on the Thai island where Hannah Witheridge and David Miller were brutally murdered has come in for a drubbing on tripadvisor. The resort which has […]

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. […]