Hunt for the 2nd Brit rape culprits

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Police to check if accused fishermen raped another Brit

 

Published on January 12, 2006

 

Police are investigating whether two fishermen charged with raping and killing Welsh student Katherine Horton on New Year?s Day sexually assaulted another foreign tourist on Koh Samui. The other woman, aged 26 and also from Britain, lodged a complaint with police in October about an assault that took place on Samui Island during a vacation with her family.

 

Two attackers, who have not been identified, raped her at a restaurant.

 

The victim later spoke to many media outlets in Britain in a bid to demand justice.

 

Horton was at-tacked at the end of popular Lamai beach, beaten to death and her body dumped in the sea.

 

Two fishermen ? Bualoy Posit, 23, and Wichai Som Khaoyai, 24 ? were arrested for raping and killing her.

 

Police said the suspects had confessed to the crime.

 

They are now in custody awaiting trial.

 

Police, meanwhile, plan to question five more witnesses in regard to the Horton case.

 

Provincial Police Region 8 deputy commissioner Maj General Santhan Chayanont said yesterday photos of Bualoy and Wichai would be sent to the other rape victim.

 

?If she identifies them as her attackers, they will be prose-cuted for both cases,? he said.

 

Koh Samui police super-intendent Colonel Arkom Saisamai said hair belonging to the October attackers was collected.

 

?We can conduct tests to determine whether two cases are linked,? he said.

 

Arkom, who has worked on Samui Island for 10 years, said local people were angry about the brutal attack on Horton.

 

Chairman of the Surat Thani Fishermen?s Associa-tion, Anan Chusak, said Horton?s murder had damaged the image of fishermen as well as the country.

 

?The owners of fishery businesses must screen their workers more carefully,? he said.

 

Thai Fishery Association secretary-general Surapol Seeprasert said representatives of his group had already met with the heads of marine police and the Customs Department to lay down measures to prevent fishermen from committing crimes.

 

?Also, we will ask all entre-preneurs in fishery businesses to monitor the behaviour of their fishermen,? he said.

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Chairman of the Surat Thani Fishermen?s Associa-tion, Anan Chusak, said Horton?s murder had damaged the image of fishermen as well as the country.

 

?The owners of fishery businesses must screen their workers more carefully,? he said.

 

Just a question of time before they catch the guys who raped and murdered all those Vietnamese refugees I reckon.

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Man, I'm ROTFLMAO about these comments. Couldn't have dreamed them up myself.

[Flashermac]

When the attacks on the Vietnamese refugees were going on, I had a former colleague who was then teaching at the Royal Thai Naval Academy. He asked the RTN officers about these piratical attacks by fisherman. They told him that it was not uncommon for wanted criminals to dodge the police by signing on as crewmen on fishing boats. Once at sea, they might virtually take over the ship by threatening the captain. Seems that fisherman do not have a very good reputation amongst Thais, and this might be one of the reasons.