Zaw Lin, left, and Win Zaw Htun were arrested on Koh Tao about two weeks after the brutal murders of two young British travellers on Sept 15, 2014. (AP file photo)Koh Samui Court is scheduled to decide Tuesday whether to accept the appeal request against the death sentence handed down to the two Myanmar nationals convicted of murdering two British backpackers in Koh Tao in September 2014. Amporn Sungthong, a lawyer for the two Myanmar nationals, submitted a 319-page document to the court, before the deadline Monday. The court was too busy to make a decision on Monday and told the lawyer to return Tuesday for a decision. In March, the Appeal Court for Region 8 upheld the death sentence for the two.

Source: Bangkok Post August 21, 2017 17:03 UTC