Zaw Lin

NOW WILL TWO YOUNG BURMESE GO TO THEIR DEATHS IN BRITISH PUBLIC INTEREST? Scotland Yard officers who spent a month in Thailand overseeing the investigation into the murders of Hannah Witheridge were deliberately misled by the Thai Police and passed on their lies to the families of the victims as truths. Among the key deliberate […]

‘I feel considerable unease’ – Justice Green Case No: HQ15X0311 Queen Bench Division, High Court of Justice The two young Burmese accused of the murders of Hannah Witheridge and David Miller on the Thai island of Koh Tao were sacrificed by the British authorities in the interests of continued police co-operation between the Royal Thai […]

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 […]

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 […]

FINDINGS FLY IN THE FACE OF PRESS STATEMENTS BY PARENTS OF VICTIMS From today’s Irrawaddy The Burmese migrant workers accused of the murders of Britons Hannah Witheridge and David Miller are innocent and should be acquitted of the murders if they face a fair trial – a Burmese government investigation team said today. The Myanmar […]

FOREIGN OFFICE SHOULD BE CALLED TO ACCOUNT The two Burmese migrant workers accused of the brutal killings of Hannah Witheridge and David Miller on the Thai ‘paradise island’ of Koh Tao, have been given just 16 more days to prepare their case which has now been quietly been brought forward to Boxing Day. But the […]

With the arrival in Thailand of the parents of Win Zaw Htun and Zaw Lin the two 21-year-old Burmese migrant labourers accused of the murders of Hannah Witheridge and Win Zaw Htun a fund has now been set up to pay the for the defence in the coming trial. There is widespread disquiet at the […]

THAI PM CONCEDES TO REQUEST BY DAVID CAMERON But Thai police chief not happy British police have been given the green light to investigate DNA procedures and torture claims surrounding the Thai investigation into the murders of Hannah Witheridge and David Miller. Diplomatic sources have confirmed that Prime Minister General Prayuth Chan-Ocha has accepted that […]

CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT’S HAPPENING IN THE KOH TAO MURDER TRIAL? HERE’S A ROUGH GUIDE  No it was this way!  No it was that  a’way! A defendant writes Thailand’s Justice system will come under considerable scrutiny during the trial of the two young Burmese men if foreign observers are allowed and foreign police are also able […]