UK police 'observers' arrive next week

UK police 'observers' arrive next week

British detectives arriving in Thailand next week to follow up on the Koh Tao murders case will be limited to observing Thai authorities, National Human Rights Commission chairwoman Amara Pongsapich Tuesday.

After meeting with British ambassador to Thailand Mark Kent, Mrs Amara said she stressed that the role of the Scotland Yard detectives arriving next week was only to observe the investigation by Thai police.

The meeting came after commission found that torture could have been used to force the two Myanmar suspects, Zaw Lin and Win Zaw Htun, to confess to murdering Hannah Witheridge and David Miller on the Surat Thani province island Sept 15.

Mrs Amara said the meeting did not go into details. The British ambassador was concerned about the case and welcomed the commission's decision to step into the case, she added.

The case in the hands of state prosecutors, but they are still waiting for more evidence from police before making the decision whether or not to indict the pair.

Thawatchai Siengjaew, chief of the Public Prosecution Office Region 8, did not reveal any details about what additional information investigators requested, only saying that all requests made by prosecutors have not been received by the office.

The Thai police investigation of the killings has been widely criticised and with many believing the real culprits remain at large.

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