Koh Tao murders: Breakthrough?
Police are sounding increasingly confident of detaining those responsible for killing two British tourists on Koh Tao. Whether or not the suspects include the two aggressive men photographed by a Scottish tourist remains to be seen.
Police are sounding increasingly confident of detaining those responsible for killing two British tourists on Koh Tao. Whether or not the suspects include the two aggressive men photographed by a Scottish tourist remains to be seen.
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Tuesday update
A photo taken by a Scottish tourist of two men suspected by police of involvement in the killing of two British tourists on Koh Tao. Police said the image of the man on the left matches that of a suspect captured by a security camera at the time of the killings, right.
Noon: Pol Lt Gen Panya was just on TV again and it sounded like he thought they would have their prime suspect(s) sooner rather than later. Thai PBS says one suspect is currently be interrogated, likely the man seen in the CCTV footage.
Koh Tao murders: Breakthrough?
Pol Lt Gen Panya Mamen, chief of Provincial Police Region 8 was on television this morning, saying that suspects would shortly be detained in the killing of two British tourists on a Koh Tao beach early on September 15.
He did not say if the suspects would include two Thai locals photographed by a Scottish tourist in a Koh Tao 7-11 who he said the men had threatened to kill him because he had talked to police about the case.
A police source said officers had previously questioned the two men in the pictures provided by the Frenchman but they denied any involvement in the murder and refused to give DNA samples to the police.
One of the men looked similar to the footage police compared from the bar's security camera of an Asian-looking man detained near where the murders took place, said the same source.
The man in one of the photos looked to be the same height, same build and also had an earring in his left ear which raised the possibility that they were the same person, said the source.
Earlier stories
Police have taken dozens of DNA samples from migrant workers, tourists, fisherman and locals in the hopes of finding a match to the DNA on a cigarette butt thought to have been smoked by the murderers. Photos by Thiti Wannamontha.
Here's the latest from the British media. The reporting is quite different from our own media: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/terrified-pal-murdered-brit-pair-4303495
Late morning: Post Today reports that police are awaiting DNA results taken from a man detained after hiding in a cave on Khoa Laem Yai in Koh Samui. The man, 27, was said to have worked on a speedboat plying the waters between Koh Samui and Koh Tao.
The man, who who has initially denied any connection to the murders, was found to have taken drugs. Police say he had been on Koh Tao the day fo the murders. Locals alerted police about the man after they thought he was acting suspiciously.
From the Bangkok Post earlier this morning
Lead investigator Jarumporn Suramanee, left,brought incoming police chief Somyot Pumpanmuang (next right) to the murder site on Saturday.
Police focus on Thai, Myanmar suspects
Supapong Chaolan
Surat Thani: Police have obtained fresh clues about a Thai man and a Myanmar migrant worker suspected of killing two British tourists on Koh Tao early last Monday, a police source says.
Surat Thani provincial police chief Pol Maj Gen Kiattipong Khaosam-ang yesterday held a meeting of investigators responsible for handling the murder case.
The source said police have made considerable progress in their investigation, ruling out issues that had nothing to do with the murder and narrowing the scope of their inquiry.
The source said investigators have obtained fresh clues about two suspects — a Thai man and a Myanmar migrant worker. Police will link the new information with evidence which they had previously gathered.
Pol Maj Gen Kiattipong said yesterday police have managed to find an Asian-looking man who was captured by a security camera not far from the crime scene.
The man, whose identity has been withheld, has now been held for questioning, Pol Maj Gen Kiattipong said, adding that the man worked at a night entertainment venue.
In the video footage, captured by a camera installed at AC Bar, where Hannah Witheridge, 23, and David Miller, 24, had been seen, the man can be seen walking back and forth near the crime scene.
The man was seen about 4am wearing a pair of shorts walking toward Jor Por Ror cape — the same route Miller and Witheridge took before they were found dead.
The same man returned about 50 minutes later, running back in a suspicious manner, said Pol Maj Gen Kiattipong in previous interviews.
Tourist are still arriving on the island, seemingly unperturbed by the negative publicity.
A team of 10 forensic officers yesterday took a boat out to sea to collect DNA samples of fishermen as part of the probe into the murders.
More than 50 marine police officers were also sent to inspect fishing boats near Koh Tao and check the records of migrant workers who are fishing crew, as well as examine ferries carrying tourists to hunt for any suspects.
Officials on Koh Tao were also installing more lighting in "black spots" in a bid to reduce crime.
Pol Col Chaisak Uaekrissadathikarn, deputy chief of the Office of Police Forensic Science Region 8, said forensic officers were stepping up efforts to collect DNA samples of as many people as possible on Koh Tao to send to the Office of the Police Forensic Science in Bangkok.
You can find our previous coverage of the story here: http://www.bangkokpost.com/learning/learning-from-news/432493/tourists-murdered-on-koh-tao
Check these links out for a look at how the British media is covering the story:
http://news.sky.com/story/1339645/thai-murders-beautiful-hannah-brought-home
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