BANGKOK – Thailand’s Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the death sentences of two migrant workers from Myanmar for the murder of two British backpackers that drew world attention to the tourist island of Koh Tao.
The September 2014 murders sullied Thailand’s image in the tourism industry, which makes up about a tenth of its economy.
The workers, Zaw Lin and Win Zaw Htun, were sentenced to death for the murder of David Miller, 24 and the murder and rape of Hannah Witheridge, 23, on the diving haven of Koh Tao. (Reuters)
