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Lawyers: Suspects retract claims they killed Brits

BANGKOK (AP) — Two Myanmar migrant workers have retracted their confessions to killing two British travelers on a southern Thai resort island and now claim to have neither raped the female victim nor slain the pair, the men's lawyers said Wednesday. Human rights lawyer Rasada Manurasada said the arrested men claimed they were tortured and forced to confess under police custody, allegations previously denied by the police. Rasada said that Win Zaw Htun and Zaw Lin, both 21, have sent a retraction letter to prosecutors handling their case. The battered bodies of Hannah Witheridge and David Miller were found on a beach on Koh Tao island on Sept.Read more on NewsOK.com

 

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