Thailand must investigate police torture allegations in tourist murder probe

Headline Title: Thailand must investigate police torture allegations in tourist murder probe 07 October 2014 Thailand must ensure an independent and thorough investigation into mounting allegations of torture and other ill-treatment by police and respect fair trial rights during their probe into the murder of two British tourists on the island of Koh Tao, Amnesty International said today. Following the arrest of two Myanmar nationals for the murders of Hannah Witheridge and David Miller last month, a lawyer on the Myanmar Embassy’s legal team, who met the two, said that one of…

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