Thailand's dark side: why you really shouldn't visit Koh Tao

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"scantily clad females were asking for it."

Not "asking for it" but becoming a temptation for those who don't exercise control of their libido.

If not to attract attention, why do women dress scantily in public?
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Not all murders and mysterious deaths on Koh Tao get a mention in the mainstream media. Here is a dedication to 17 foreigners who died on Koh Tao from August 2012 to March 2019. These are the ones I know about.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... cmHKoC0k4u
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No mention of this in Thailand's propaganda media, which is more focused on water fights and farang witch hunts ...

British backpacker found dead in drain on Thailand's Death Island
A British backpacker has been found dead on Koh Tao in Thailand, dubbed the "Death Island".

The traveller, understood to be 31, was particpating in a pub crawl when he disappeared.

He had been travelling with his long-term girlfriend, and the pair had gotten drunk with other holiday-goers during the event on March 18.

The next morning, he was found lifeless in a shallow water drainage ditch outside the Roctapus diving centre.

Police said that they suspect his body was lying in the drain for hours before he was found.

His phone was also missing, officers said.

The case is "still open" however officials have not made any arrests.

Police said they are waiting for the results of a post-mortem examination.

https://www.gbnews.com/news/british-bac ... nd-koh-tao
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Irish backpacker, 21, found dead inside hotel room on Thailand's notorious 'Death Island'

A 21-year-old backpacker has been found dead inside a hotel room on Thailand's notorious Death Island - as his "heartbroken" family paid tribute to their son who was "living the dream."

Robby Kinlan, from Clare, was lying on his bed in just his boxer shorts when he was discovered by a friend on the morning of January 9. He tragically could not be revived.

Police have disclosed that in one hand, Robby was holding his phone which was connected to a wall socket while it was charging. The device was locked by the time officers arrived.

The local station on Koh Tao, some 250 miles south of the capital Bangkok, is now waiting for rough seas to subside before Robby's body is sent to Surat Thai province on the mainland for a post mortem examination.

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Speaking today, officers said that Robby was staying at the BaanTao Bungalo Resort, under two miles from the Sairee Beach where Hannah Witheridge and David Miller were bludgeoned to death in September 2014.

Lieutenant Colonel Theeraphat Sanjai said: "The death seems to be acute heart failure. We are preparing to send the body for an autopsy, but the reason we haven't been able to send it yet is due to the high waves on Koh Tao at the moment.

https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-n ... d-34469568
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