Thai authorities monitor developments of protest on murder case

BANGKOK, January 5 (TNA) - Thai security authorities have been monitoring developments of a protest by Myanmar people, after a Thai court handed a death sentence on two Myanmar migrant workers late last year for killing two British tourists on Koh Tao, a resort island in Thailand's southern Surat Thani Province, in September 2014. Thai Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai told journalists of the information on Tuesday morning, before attending the Cabinet's weekly meeting at Bangkok's Government House. Don said there have been no reports on any demonstration by Myanmar protesters during and after New Year holidays. According to the foreign minister, Thai security authorities are probing who are behind the protest by Myanmar people, while also continually monitoring the updated situation. On December 24, the Samui provincial court sentenced the two Myanmar migrant workers, Zaw Lin and Win Zaw Tun, both aged 22, to death for murdering the two British tourists, David Miller and Hannah Witheridge, both 24 years old, on Sai Ree Beach of Koh Tao in Surat Thani's Koh Pha-ngan District on September 15, 2014. Win Zaw Tun was also found guilty of illegal immigration. (TNA)