There is some discussion about the case, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said the verdict was profoundly disturbing because defendants had said police tortured the men and those accusations were never investigated.
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RUNGROJ YONGRIT/EPA Myanmar migrant workers, who are accused of the killing of two British tourists, Zaw Lin (r.) and Wai Phyo (l.) are escorted by a Thai police officer after they were sentenced to death.
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Wai Phyo and Zaw Lin previously confessed to the murders of Witheridge and Miller, but later retracted their statements, saying they were “tortured” into making them.
Amnesty International has called for an independent investigation into allegations that two Burmese men, convicted of murdering two United Kingdom tourists, were tortured by Thai police. They attended the opening of the trial in July when they said they “simply want to see justice done fairly and openly”.
Miller was struck by a single blow and left to drown in shallow surf while Witheridge was raped and then bludgeoned to death with a garden hoe.
Nakorn said an appeal must be lodged within 30 days.
The group has been helping the two defendants in the case.
They are expected to deliver a statement to the media after the verdict but Witheridge’s relatives have not made the journey to Thailand.
He said the family believes that “after a hard start the Royal Thai Police conducted a methodical and thorough investigation”.
Many protesters, who believe the two men were wrongly convicted, held signs with English slogans such as “Save Myanmar Poor Boys” and “Free Our Innocent Citizens”, AFP reported.
Last October, Zaw Lin told a criminal court that a police interpreter had told him that he would be killed if he refused to “confess” to the crime, in which case he was told he would be imprisoned “only for four or five years”. “It was easy to conclude they might be convenient scapegoats”. Autopsies showed that the young backpackers, who met on the island while staying at the same hotel, suffered severe head wounds and that Witheridge had been raped.
“The judicial process is not over yet, we have much to do such as discussing with respective persons from Thailand and appealing to the High Court”, Hmuu Zaw, manager of the President’s Office, posted on Facebook.
Andy Hall, an worldwide affairs adviser with the Migrant Worker Rights Network, which has represented the defendants, said they planned to appeal against the court’s decision.
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Thailand has not carried out any executions since 2009, when two executions took place, according to a death penalty database collated by Cornell Law School in the US.
