LOST IN TRANSLATION
As many of you already know, reporting of the murders of Hannah Witheridge and David Miller on Koh Tao, Thailand was often confused and ambiguous.
One issue that hindered clarity was the ambiguity of the Thai language itself, which can easily lead to meanings being lost in translation from Thai to English.
Let me illustrate by showing you this Thai word for “weapon.”
Firstly, in the Thai language there are no plural nouns so the word weapon can mean “weapon” (singular) or “weapons” (plural).
Secondly, unlike English, the Thai language does not have indefinite articles (a and an) nor does it have the definite article “the.”
Therefore, within a sentence, the simple Thai word for “weapon” can have 4 different meanings:
A weapon
The weapon
Weapons and
The weapons.
More often than not, contemporaneous news reports in the English language referred to a blood soaked garden hoe found near the bodies as being “the murder weapon.”
Upon reading such reports, a native English speaker might understandably and very reasonably ASSUME that there was ONLY ONE murder weapon involved in the double murder.
However, it was abundantly clear from the wounds on David’s body, head, face and neck that MULTIPLE WEAPONS were used in the attack – including bladed weapons that left cuts and probably more than one weapon that caused blunt force trauma to the back of David’s head.
It is abundantly clear that David faced multiple attackers.
In view of the defence wounds on David’s hands and the cuts to his face neck and torso, it is completely implausible that David was struck down by two tiny Burmese men who snuck up on him and knocked him out by striking him on the back of his head with a garden hoe.
David was 6’3” tall whereas the Burmese men convicted of his murder were only 5’ in height.
It is also worth noting that apparently the Royal Thai Police did not recover any weapons from the accused Burmese such as knives and punch knives.
Some points to take away from this video are that the physical evidence from the crime scene strongly suggests that Hannah and David were killed by multiple attackers using an assortment of weapons and not by two tiny Burmese men using just one garden hoe. Unfortunately, some of the reporting in the mainstream English language media could have been highly misleading.
Please check out the description below for the address of the two Burmese men, Zaw Lin and Wai Phyo who are still in prison in Bangkok - with a view to sending them a brief letter of card.
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Thank you and stay safe.
CONTACT DETAILS FOR THE TWO TINY BURMESE MEN
Wai Phyo 590018 &
Zaw Lin 590082
Bangkwang Central Prison
117 Nonthaburi Road
NONTHABURI 11000
THAILAND
A thoughtful card or letter might just make their day and help relieve some of the crushing boredom.
Link to video from NEWS DIRECT with footage of Royal Thai Police spokesman, General Champumporn Suramanee: [ Ссылка ]
"It could have easily been me in that body bag" - Sam Venning recounts the dark night that he an his friend, Carla Bartel survived an attack by masked men at the same alcove on Sairee Beach, Koh Tao where the bodies of Hannah and David were found just one year later: [ Ссылка ]
Tribute to 20 foreigners who died on Koh Tao:
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Getting away with violent crime on Koh Tao (Diving instructor Santi Khokpool slashes open the neck of a 28 yo British tourist):
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Honest Koh Tao Travel Guide:
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Photo credit in thumbnail: Movie "The Beach" set in Thailand starring Leonardo DiCaprio.
NB. The real images of David and Hannah are far more gruesome as are the images of other tourists after being attacked by Thai thugs on Koh Tao.
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