Flashermac Posted July 26, 2015 Report Share Posted July 26, 2015 The investigation went by the book ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted July 27, 2015 Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 Pleeeze, don't insult the superior intellect of the Three Stooges in comparison to the BiB... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coss Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 Thai police used roti vendors as translators By Michael Sainsbury KOH SAMUI: -- Thai police used two Muslim Rohingya translators with a very poor grasp of the Thai language to interrogate two Rakhine men accused of murdering British backpackers, it was revealed in court yesterday. One of the translators, Ko Ye, admitted to the Samui Central Court yesterday that he could not read or write Thai and barely understood the Rakhine dialect. Under questioning from the defence, he said that he signed a statement confirming what happened in the interrogation even though he didn’t know what it said in Thai, and he wasn’t asked to sign it until a month afterward. The two translators, both street roti sellers, were brought in by police after Ko Zaw Lin and Ko Wai Phyo, both 22, were detained on October 2, 2014. Ko Ye is from Surat Thani, while the other translator, Ko Kamar, is from Koh Tao. The Myanmar migrant workers could face the death penalty if convicted of murdering David Miller, 24, and murdering and raping Hannah Witheridge, 23, in the early hours of September 15, 2014. The trial is now in the third of its six weeks. The defence maintains that the Rakhine natives are being scapegoated following a botched investigation that was rushed to clear Thailand’s marred image as a tourist paradise. “The second roti seller has been on the stand today and it’s become very clear that he does not have much of grasp of Thai at all so we don’t understand how he could have translated for police,†Andy Hall, a British migrant rights advocate who is helping the defence team, told The Myanmar Times. “As well there have been many police procedural issues exposed this week, including many inconsistencies in the timing of events around the arrest of the accused.†Police witnesses have contradicted each other about the times of various events, including the arrest of the men, the taking of DNA samples and the times of their initial confessions, observers at the court said. On August 19, Bangkok solicitor Pittaya Yaipetch claimed he was present during the confessions but did not make a report of the event, despite apparently being an observer for the Thai Lawyers Association. “The suspect told the investigating police officer that he was with the co-accused on the beach at about 3am when the victims walked past them. He said they went to a place further along the beach and started kissing,†said Mr Yaipetch. “Zaw Lin said he hit Mr Miller with a garden hoe while he was lying on top of Ms Witheridge but the victim jumped to his feet and tried to fight [Zaw Lin] off. That was when he hit him again and he fell down.†Those confessions were allegedly obtained using the translation services of the roti sellers, but the confessions were later retracted. Ko Zaw Lin and Ko Wai Phyo have accused both the police and the roti sellers of beating, stripping and blindfolding them. The two Muslim men both denied using violence on the accused. Mr Hall said that the accused remained upbeat during yesterday’s trial. The mothers of the two men were present in court yesterday to witness the trial. The trial continues today. Source: http://www.mmtimes.c...ranslators.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunsanuk Posted August 23, 2015 Report Share Posted August 23, 2015 Hi, My guess of the outcome is that these 2 kids will walk and this crime will go unsolved as there is no way the police will be able to find any culprit after this long. Sanuk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bust Posted August 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2015 Hi, My guess of the outcome is that these 2 kids will walk and this crime will go unsolved as there is no way the police will be able to find any culprit after this long. Sanuk! Best case senario for sure but my concern is the Thai "face" factor coming into play. Every thai I have spoken to about this are convinced they are innocent and suspect it was the local thugs connected to the island. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mekong Posted August 23, 2015 Report Share Posted August 23, 2015 Hi, My guess of the outcome is that these 2 kids will walk and this crime will go unsolved as there is no way the police will be able to find any culprit after this long. Sanuk! KS My guess is that the Police KNOW who the culprit is but are doing nothing about it and trying to frame the 2 kids 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunsanuk Posted August 23, 2015 Report Share Posted August 23, 2015 Hi, Agree, very likely they know who did it. Quite a bit of evidence pointing to a certain person. Sanuk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YimSiam Posted August 23, 2015 Report Share Posted August 23, 2015 At least it seems there were tasty sweet roti kanoms during questioning - a silver lining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My Penis is hungry Posted August 23, 2015 Report Share Posted August 23, 2015 Old news, I'm with Mekong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My Penis is hungry Posted August 23, 2015 Report Share Posted August 23, 2015 Literally, not figurativly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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