Thai MFA confident demonstrations at Thai embassy in Yongon can be handled

BANGKOK, December 25 (TNA) - As demonstrators are expected at the Thai Embassy in Yangon, following the death sentence on two Myanmar migrant workers by a Thai court on December 24, Thai Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai says that demonstrations there should not have any impact because December 25, the Christmas Day, is a holiday of the embassy. Besides, Don told journalists on Friday, about 30 police officers have been guarding the Thai Embassy to Myanmar, while the Myanmar Presidential Office has already advised demonstrators to adhere to peaceful movements. According to the Thai foreign minister, the Myanmar Presidential Office has also promised to help look after the case by following up its updated judicial process in the Higher Courts. However, the Thai foreign minister stated that the Thai Embassy in Yangon has maintained advising Thai citizens in Myanmar to keep a low profile there for safety. The Thai foreign minister asked media trying to raise questions about Thai police's official investigation into the murder case of the two Myanmar nationals to wait for the complete process of the Thai justice system. The foreign minister pointed out that police officers from several countries, including Britain, had witnessed the investigation of Thai police and showed their satisfaction with the work, while British police had already communicated their findings to the families of the dead British tourists who reportedly accepted the Thai justice system. The Samui provincial court in Thailand's southern resort Surat Thani Province sentenced the two Myanmar migrant workers, Zaw Lin and Win Zaw Tun, both aged 22, to death for murdering two British tourists, David Miller and Hannah Witheridge, both 24 years old, on Sai Ree Beach of Tao Island in Surat Thani's Koh Pha-ngan District on September 15, 2014. Win Zaw Tun was also found guilty of illegal immigration. (TNA)