Death Island- Koh Tao

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This is the very last message I received from Hannah’s brave sister, Laura Daniels (née Witheridge) before she passed away on 16 September 2019, 5 years & 1 day after Hannah died.

Laura did not believe that the two tiny Burmese men committed the Koh Tao murders but that local island criminals did.
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New video about the murders of Hannah Witheridge and David Miller.

2 Parts:

"What becomes of the brokenhearted?"
"Cold Little Lies"

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Ian Yarwood wrote: ↑Thu Aug 20, 2020 6:41 pm New video about the murders of Hannah Witheridge and David Miller.

Did I read somewhere recently, that the “murderers” have had their death sentences commuted to prison terms?? Some kind of Kong’s pardon??
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Yes Yerg. The Koh Tao scapegoats received a pardon from King Rama X along with almost all other prisoners on death row. It was gazetted on Friday 14 August 2020 and was to mark the King's birthday.
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At least one if the victims family actually wanted Thailand to reduce their sentence as they don’t believe in the death sentence.
Don’t listen to Chinese whispers.
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Yerg wrote: ↑Thu Aug 20, 2020 7:30 pm
Ian Yarwood wrote: ↑Thu Aug 20, 2020 6:41 pm New video about the murders of Hannah Witheridge and David Miller.

Did I read somewhere recently, that the “murderers” have had their death sentences commuted to prison terms?? Some kind of Kong’s pardon??
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CEOCambodiaNews wrote: ↑Thu Aug 20, 2020 8:32 pm
Yerg wrote: ↑Thu Aug 20, 2020 7:30 pm
Ian Yarwood wrote: ↑Thu Aug 20, 2020 6:41 pm New video about the murders of Hannah Witheridge and David Miller.

Did I read somewhere recently, that the “murderers” have had their death sentences commuted to prison terms?? Some kind of Kong’s pardon??
thailand-news-and-discussion/death-isla ... ml#p441279
Oops, I didn’t read it there 🤪
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Koh Tao strikes again ... or to be more precise, a Thai Diving Instructor by the name of Santi Khokpool struck a young Western tourist with a broken bottle slashing his neck open in a sinister and unprovoked attack. The attack occurred in front of a host of witnesses within the Fishbowl Beach Bar on Sairee Beach. The young guy was lucky to have many heroes come to his aid, apply first aid and get him to a hospital on nearby Koh Samui where another group of heroes performed life saving surgery.

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Ian Yarwood wrote: ↑Tue Sep 01, 2020 11:33 am Koh Tao strikes again ... or to be more precise, a Thai Diving Instructor by the name of Santi Khokpool struck a young Western tourist with a broken bottle slashing his neck open in a sinister and unprovoked attack. The attack occurred in front of a host of witnesses within the Fishbowl Beach Bar on Sairee Beach. The young guy was lucky to have many heroes come to his aid, apply first aid and get him to a hospital on nearby Koh Samui where another group of heroes performed life saving surgery.

Its bad.. but life experience in many parts of the world is theses guys meet there maker.. Im my country the last words the guy would hear are Na hui.. lites out
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A lawyer's view of the Koh Tao Murders 6 years on

Does "criminal law" even exist in Thailand as that concept is understood by Western lawyers??

Crowds protested the convictions.

Thai criminal courts have an ABSURDLY high "rubber stamp" conviction rate




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