After the Supreme Court decided on August 29 to uphold the death sentences given previously to the two Myanmar men for the 2014 murder of two British tourists on Surat Thani’s Koh Tao, the defence team said they will seek a royal pardon for the pair in 60 days.

Police on Monday launched a manhunt for a Sukhothai man who allegedly shot dead his ex-wife and her mother in Prachin Buri’s Kabin Buri district Sunday night after she refused to go back to him.