Bail request for Koh Tao suspects

 

He said that all Myanmar nationals are interested in and watching the murder case. If the case is not filed at the court, the suspects should be released on bail. The Myanmar embassy will guarantee that the two men won’t run away if they were released while on bail.

The Thai PM promised to do the best but asked for some time.

Khin Aung Myint commented that if the Koh Tao case is solved truthfully, it will certainly improve the relationships between the two countries.

According to Niran Phithakwatchara, a member of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), police is asked to explain the case on December 1, December 4 or December 8. Police did not show up as asked by the commission. Niran on the day said that there could be misunderstanding.

Police said the two suspects confessed to the murder of two Britons on Koh Tao, but both recanted the confession later, saying that they were assaulted. Police is yet to explain the case.

Niran also said that without the explanation, he may propose that the commission lodge a complaint and take legal action against concerned police officers in accordance with the NHRC Act’s Article 34.

The NHRC subcommittee on civil and political rights chaired by Niran had summoned the investigators five times for an explanation on the allegation, he said. The subcommittee had also submitted its interrogation guidelines to affirm that the inquiry was not related to who killed the two British tourists, but was to do with the concerned police team’s working methods and if they resorted to beating the suspects as alleged, he said.