Defence lawyers in the trial of two Burmese men accused of killing two British backpackers on a Thai resort island last year said on Wednesday they would focus on the…
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Koh Tao murders: remaining evidence to be retested
Koh Samui court orders all remaining forensic evidence found at the crime scene, including a shovel, to be gathered for forensic retesting.
Koh Tao murders: Dr Porntip to examine DNA evidence
Thai court orders DNA samples to be handed over for independent verification at the trial of two Burmese migrants accused of murder and rape.
Remembering the tsunami
More than 220,000 people perished 10 years ago today in the worst natural disaster in living history. Some 2,000 were Burmese; many bodies remain unclaimed.
Burmese embassy requests reopening Koh Tao murder case
Lawyer Aung Myo Thant tells DVB that the request was made to Thailand’s Ministry of Legal Affairs on the basis that confessions by Burmese suspects Zaw Lin and Win Zaw…
DNA samples taken from Burmese migrants
Jan 16, 2008 (DVB), A group of World Health Organisation officials and professors from Chiang Mai University collected DNA samples from 300 Burmese migrants yesterday at Dr Cynthia Maung's Mae…