Koh Tao murders, suspicious deaths & other avoidable fatalities are an ongoing feature of “Death Island.” One purpose of this video is to list 17 deceased casualties of Koh Tao. The people are also remembered here in this musical tribute to the sound of "Caruso."
Far too often, commentators in both the mainstream media and social media fail to include all the murder victims and other fatalities in their reports about Koh Tao. They make many other errors and omissions too.
For example, in September 2014 senior BBC journalist Jonathan Head covered the brutal murders of Hannah Witheridge & David Miller by announcing from Koh Tao: “This has to be the most unlikely place you’d expect to see a crime like this.” He failed to mention the apparent murders of his countrymen, Nick Pearson and Ben Harrington, which had been conveniently dismissed by the secretive locals as “accidents.”
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By listing the deaths, it’s hoped this will create a more accurate public record of what has transpired, which can inform and warn potential tourists plus create a simple resource for anyone including journalists who want to undertake some research about Koh Tao.
It is also important that people’s memories are kept alive. Tragically, virtually none of the deaths were investigated properly by the Koh Tao police, which means the grieving families cannot get closure. Thailand is in desperate need of a properly functioning Coroners’ Office.
Unfortunately, cover-ups are ingrained in the Thai culture and Koh Tao is arguably the cover-up capital of the kingdom.
As mentioned, non-journalists also post information online with errors and omissions. In a travel blog appearing on page 1 of a Google search for “Koh Tao” there’s an article titled “Koh Tao Murders: Is Koh Tao Safe?” in which “Tom”, the author asserts: “Unfortunately, another tragic accident occurred on Koh Tao in January 2018 (sic) with a British traveller found death (sic) in a hotel pool.”
In fact, the most contemporaneous and accurate reports state that the relevant victim, Luke Miller was found dead in the pool in 2016 (NB not 2018, the article seems to automatically record the year with a more current year as time passes) with multiple head injuries yet the Koh Tao police declared that he had fallen and hit his head. Steven Drylie of Koh Tao Rescue sent a text message to the Samui Times at the time stating that Luke did not hit his head while diving unless it bounced several times!
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Luke’s travelling companions also saw his body and based upon the injuries they saw, they said they were convinced he had been attacked.
It is also as common as mud to see uninformed vloggers post glowing video reports about the natural beauty of Koh Tao with no mention of the murders. Indeed, some subsequently confess in their comments sections that they knew nothing of the string of Koh Tao murders prior to creating and posting their videos.
Both Heaven and Hell can be found on Koh Tao and anyone who thinks otherwise is simply not paying attention.
There are far better places for one’s vacations. Koh Tao apologists often argue that people get murdered everywhere and point out that plenty of people don’t get murdered on Koh Tao. Of course, 5 out of 6 people can argue that Russian roulette is safe too.
Other videos on this YouTube channel examine some of the deaths more closely. This is because there is a serious lack of investigative journalism about Death Island. Indeed, an examination of the health of journalism throughout the kingdom is like looking up the backside of a dead dog with fleas. Draconian criminal defamation laws and the Computer Crimes Act can be thanked for that awful state of affairs.
Hopefully, this video and this channel can partly address some of the misleading and deceptive information in the public domain.
ALL comments will be read with interest, so please feel free to have your say about this topic and the video.
Koh Tao Tourism Satire:
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"We love Koh Tao"
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"Caruso" composer: Lucio Dalla
