Corrupt police make Thailand a ‘dangerous trap’, says sister of murdered British tourist
Laura Witheridge says Thai authorities mistreated her family, bungled the investigation and covered up other murders on idyllic tourist islands
Backpacker Hannah Witheridge, 23, died on Koh Tao in September 2014. Her sister says the investigation into her murder was ‘bungled’.
Oliver Holmes in Bangkok
Tuesday 12 January 2016 05.41 GMT
The sister of murdered backpacker Hannah Witheridge has warned that Thailand is a “dangerous trap”, suggesting her sister’s killer walks free and slamming the Thai police and government for mistreating her bereaved family.
In a long Facebook post, Laura Witheridge said “the vast majority of the Thai police are corrupt” and the investigation that led to the death sentence last month for two Burmese men was “bungled”.
She also hinted she believed Thai, not Burmese, nationals killed her sister on Koh Tao island and she received death threats throughout the trial, including one saying the killers had completed only “half the job”.
“What if I told you that I am now frightened of my own shadow?” she wrote.
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