Cambodian Sailors Are Accused Of Assaulting A Group Of French Tourists After They Anchored Their Fishing Boat On The Thai Island Of Koh Kut

[Coss]

BANGKOK — Police in eastern Thailand said Sunday that they have arrested several Cambodian sailors suspected of attacking four French tourists on a resort island, raping the two women in the group.

 

The five Cambodians assaulted the tourists with knives and sticks Saturday night on the island of Koh Kut after anchoring their fishing boat, said Maj. Gen. Nopparat Rintapon, head of police in Trat province. Three of the tourists were badly injured.

 

One of the tourists ran away and got help at a nearby hotel, while the two female tourists were raped, Nopparat said.

 

The victims were sent to a Trat hospital for treatment.

 

The incident is the latest attack on foreign tourists in Thailand. In December, a Thai court sentenced two Myanmar migrants to death for the murders of a British man and woman whose bodies were found on the Thai resort island of Koh Tao in September 2014. The woman had also been raped.

 

http://nypost.com/2016/02/28/sailors-arrested-in-attack-rape-of-french-tourists-in-thailand/

[Flashermac]

They're not sailors. They're fisherman. A jolly looking lot ...

 

 

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[Coss]

I see the arse covering machine has kicked in quickly this time, I hope that the police have got it right...

 

Police inspector in Koh Kood rape case transferred

 

Suriya Patathayo

The Nation February 29, 2016 4:28 pm

 

A Koh Kood tourist police inspector in Trat’s Koh Chang district has been transferred to an inactive post due to a failure to immediately inform supervisors about the assault and rape of foreign tourists over the weekend.

 

Police chief Pol General Chakthip Chaijinda said Monday that the transfer effected immediately.

 

A deputy police spokesman said that five Cambodian fishermen had been brought into custody on charges of raping and assaulting foreign tourists near a Koh Kood hotel.

 

Yesterday, Chakthip also assigned his deputy Pol General Wut Liptapanlop to lead a team to inspect the Koh Kood crime scene, interview suspects, and give moral support to the victims and try to restore confidence among tourists in general.

 

http://www.nationmul...d-30280447.html

[YimSiam]

They appear to be from UAE by way of Goa, from their choice of dress... Now, before it's too late: obtain DNA samples, secure the crime scene, stop beating the suspects, control the flow of unverified information to the press, and - ah what's the point, it all goes pear-shaped eventually, might as well fuck it up from the start.