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Thai PM 鈥榮orry鈥 for bikini remarks on tourist deaths
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THAI Prime Minister General Prayuth Chan-ocha apologized yesterday for criticizing tourists who wear bikinis in Thailand, comments that sparked an international outcry following the murder of two Britons there this week.
The bodies of David Miller and Hannah Witheridge were found early on Monday on a beach on Koh Tao, a southern island known for its coral reefs and diving. Both bodies were found naked.
Police found the DNA of two people in semen taken from Witheridge’s body, the chief of Thailand’s forensic police, Pornchai Suteerakune, said yesterday. The DNA does not match Miller’s, nor any of the samples taken from those questioned over the murders.
“Tourists think that Thailand is beautiful, safe and that they can do anything they want here. That they can put on their bikinis and go anywhere they want. I ask, can you get away with wearing bikinis in Thailand? Unless you are not beautiful?” Prayuth said in a speech on Wednesday.
The two deaths bring the number of UK nationals murdered in Thailand to 13 since 2009, the British Consulate said. Some 800,000 Britons visit Thailand each year, among 25 million foreign visitors.
“I am sorry with what I said and if it has caused any ill-feelings,” Prayuth told reporters. “I just wanted to warn tourists that we have different traditions and they have to stay on their toes.”
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