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"Korbchai then spoke publicly to the police, calling on them to not work on the case in an aggressive manner and not find scapegoats. "Don't harm innocent people or frighten them," he said."

 

Because if he hadn't told them...

 

wait for it......

 

 

That, is exactly, what they'd, do...

 

 

So you have to tell them, not to...

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"Korbchai then spoke publicly to the police, calling on them to not work on the case in an aggressive manner and not find scapegoats. "Don't harm innocent people or frighten them," he said."

 

What I think is not included is the subtext: "But if you have to harm or frighten an innocent person, could I suggest that bastard taxi driver Prasit Sukdam? Prasit Sukdam. Prasit Sukdam. Remember that name, gentlemen. Do what you need to do..."

 

If there was a textbook for bad policing, a 'what not to do', this would be a great case study...

 

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As predicted they have arrested a Burmese

 

 

Myanmar worker confesses killing British tourists

 

 

A Myanmar worker has confessed killing two British tourists on Koh Tao in Surat Thani, acting Deputy Police Commissioner General Pol Gen Jakthip Chaijinda said Thursday.

 

Following the confession, Police Commissioner General Pol Gen Somyos Pumphanmuang rushed to Koh Tao at 5 pm Thursday to get prepared for holding a press conference Friday.

 

According to a source from the investigation team, the worker was identified as Win, 21. He worked at a bar on Koh Tao.

 

The source said Win was taken into custody and detained pending DNT test along with two other Myanmar workers - Maw, 23, and Saw, 21.

 

Maw and Saw were captured on Koh Tao while Win on the mainland of Surat Thani.

 

Police are waiting for DNT test results to match those found on cigarette butt and other evidence at the scene.

 

Maw told police that he played guitar on the beach and smoked the cigarette but he returned home and knew nothing about the murder.

 

But Win later admitted that he saw the two tourists having sex so he made the attack with a plan to rape the woman.

 

 

http://www.nationmul...s-30244632.html

 

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Looks the case is solved without needing any scapegoat or à¹à¸žà¸°à¸£à¸±à¸šà¸šà¸²à¸›

No surprise they confessed after "a grueling daylong interrogation after the first suspect who confessed implicated his colleagues."

 

 

The police have arrested three Myanmar migrant workers after 18 days have passed since the murder of two British tourists on Koh Tao Island on September 15.

Initially one suspect confessed but two others denied.

 

But after a grueling daylong interrogation after the first suspect who confessed implicated his colleagues.

 

The two later admitted to the crimes.

 

Originally, two of the three suspects, all Arakanese from Arakan state in Myanmar, were apprehended by police early in the morning hours.

 

These two men were currently being employed as waiters in a restaurant on the island.

 

The arrest came after police obtained an image captured by a closed-circuit TV camera in 7-Eleven convenient store showing the three men entering a convenient store and purchasing cigarettes and alcohol and then proceeding to a long on the beach close to the actual crime scene.

 

The LM cigarettes which one of the suspects purchased were the same as the same brand of cigarette butts the forensic police collected from the scene.

 

The DNA test of the cigarette butts matched those found in the body of Ms Hanna Witheridge, 23.

 

On being arrested these two men admitted to sitting on said log and consuming alcohol and playing a guitar but denied having any involvement in the murders.

 

Police officers then led the two to a safe-house where they were intensively interrogated.

 

While this was going on another team of police officers arrested the third man at a Surat Thani municipal pier after it was discovered that he had boarded a boat and left Koh Tao Island late last night.

 

He was escorted to 8th Region Police headquarters for questioning.

 

Comparing his features to images captured on CCTV, police were able to ascertain that he was one of the three men in the footage.

 

He had recently dyed his hair black when originally his hair was dyed blond.

 

Some blond strands of human hair were found at the scene and were kept as evidence. Police are awaiting DNA test results to confirm their case.

 

Later in the day, Pol. Lt. Gen. Jakthip Chaichinda, the acting Royal Thai Police deputy commissioner, revealed that the three men had admitted to having committed the crime.

 

Meanwhile the acting assistant commissioner of the Royal Thai Police, Pol. Lt. Gen. Panya Mamen, identified the three Myanmar workers to the media Win, Mao and Sor and it was Win who first admitted to the crime.

 

On the night of the incident, Win revealed that he and his two accomplices were drinking, singing and playing the guitar approximately 65 meters from the murder scene.

 

They sang songs in the Yakai (Arakanese) dialect which tallies with eyewitness accounts that on the night of the murder, some people had seen Burmese men playing the guitar and singing at that spot.

 

All eyewitnesses stated that the songs were neither in Thai nor Burmese language but no one could make out the dialect.

 

At this point, the police managed to have an Arakanese waiter who worked at a Bungalow nearby the scene as witness. He told the police that the group of men singing and playing guitar are Arakanese from Arakan state in Myanmar. The police then started to clandestinely follow the group’s movement.

 

Win went on to say that later on they had seen the two British tourists walking towards a cluster of rocky reefs and were romantically embracing and cuddling each other.

 

Win stated that he was curious and grabbed a garden hoe and went to sneak a peek of the couple making out.

 

He admitted to being sexually aroused and along with his two accomplices had used the hoe to beat the male tourist and then dumping his body in the sea. They then proceeded to rape the woman and finally killing her by hitting her with the same garden hoe.

 

They then disposed of the murder weapon which was later found by police.

 

Police have collected the DNA samples of all three men the test results are expected to be revealed tomorrow.

 

Pol. Gen. Somyos Phumphanmuang, the commissioner of the Royal Thai Police, flew to Koh Tao later in the day to personally question the men and following that, formal charges will be filed against them.

 

Earlier in the day, Mr. Mark Kent, the British ambassador to Thailand, paid a formal visit to Pol. Gen. Somyos Phumphanmuang at the Royal Thai Police headquarters to personally congratulate him on being promoted to the post of commissioner of the Royal Thai Police.

 

While there, he was given updates in the developments of the murder case and expressed his satisfaction on how the case was being handled and his government would not interfere in any way with the investigation. Mr. Kent went on to praise the Royal Thai Police in solving the case and have shown exemplary professionalism as a crime fighting unit.

 

The British Ambassador later said “Thailand and the UK have always mutually helped each other in the past and the cooperation has always benefitted both countries. This new development reaffirms our confidence in both our countries abilities.â€

 

http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/three-migrant-workers-confess-rape-murder-british-tourists/

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