Bangkok Post gives the police a lot of beating in its editorial. The police investigation on Koh Tao proves that the police still have a long way to go to become a truly professional organisation.

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Killings Koh Tao: The Frenchman is a Scot

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24 September 2014

The Frenchman who could identify the perpetrators of the Koh Tao murders is not a Frenchman, but Sean McAnna, the Scot who says in an interview on the Telegraph website that he has been threatened.

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A French tourist, who can pinpoint the perpetrators of the Koh Tao murders, has been taken into protective custody. He says he was threatened after he put photos of the two on the internet. One of the two bears a strong resemblance to the aforementioned Asian-looking man of whom there are vague camera images.

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The police investigation into the murders on Koh Tao is currently focusing on two suspects: the aforementioned Asian man and a Thai man. It concerns a man from Myanmar who works in a nightclub. Not a word about the Thai in the newspaper report.

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The focus of the investigation into the murder of two British tourists on the holiday island of Koh Tao has shifted to Asian foreign workers. But a suspect has not yet been identified.

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Koh Tao Murders: Investigation deadlocked

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19 September 2014

The DNA tests have not yielded a match, the bloody trousers turn out to be dirty trousers and the lock of hair in the British woman's hand is unusable for DNA testing. In short: the investigation into the murder of the two British tourists on the holiday island of Koh Tao has not made any progress.

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Prime Minister Prayuth has apologized for his casual remark that only ugly women in bikinis are safe. He just wanted to warn tourists to be careful in some places and times.

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Prime Minister Prayuth threatens to temporarily close vocational colleges with students fighting with students from other colleges until an investigation into a triple murder is completed. Prayuth is concerned about the mating, where two previous students and a female student were killed last month.

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Koh Tao murder: Roommate victim questioned

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18 September 2014

The police have questioned the roommate of the Briton who was murdered on Koh Tao, but there is no evidence of his involvement yet. An Asian-looking man is also questioned by the police. DNA tests have not yet produced any results.

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The UK government has warned its citizens to exercise extreme caution when traveling in Thailand. The warning was issued yesterday by the British Embassy following the gruesome murder of two British tourists on the holiday island of Koh Tao.

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Two tourists killed on Koh Tao

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15 September 2014

Thai police have sealed off the island of Koh Tao after the discovery of two semi-naked bodies of foreign tourists who were brutally murdered.

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A young Dutch woman who worked for the United Nations was found with several stab wounds in her home in Phnom Penh (capital of Cambodia) on Monday morning.

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News from Thailand – April 28, 2014

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April 28, 2014

Today in News from Thailand:

• Man (71, drunk) puts the ax in political rival (also drunk)
• Influenza virus affects 30.024 people; 50 dead
• New elections: Electoral Council has 13 problems

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The Public Prosecution Service has demanded 45 years in prison against Thai Thina V. (15) from Venlo. The woman who is on trial as a suspect is said to have killed her husband Wim Vorstermans (66) with an axe.

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An article was published in De Telegraaf today stating that two men have been arrested in Thailand who have confessed to murdering the Dutch bar owner Fred Lelie (67) from Udon Thani.

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The police are starting to doubt the circumstances of the tragic family drama in Pathum Thani. Did the 16-year-old boy kill his parents and then kill himself? Or were all three murdered by someone else?

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The Thai Immigration Service has arrested a 56-year-old (Thai) Belgian. The man was wanted by interpol and the Court of Verviers as a suspect in connection with the disappearance of his Belgian neighbour.

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