Myanmar Suspects Convicted of Thailand Backpacker Murders in Flawed Trial
A Thai court on Samui Island today, Dec. 24, found two Myanmar workers guilty of killing two British backpackers on a tropical island in southern Thailand, sentencing them to death in a case that to outsiders looks fatally flawed and designed to protect unnamed powerful figures who actually killed the two and raped the woman.
The verdict has drawn widesp…
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