A police officer looks at a chart showing the relationships of people involved in a tourist death on Koh Tao at a briefing on Friday. Her mother cast doubt on the local police conclusion that the death was a suicide, and the investigation has been reopened. In the first case, the body of Nick Pearson, 25, of Britain, was found floating near the beach at the Hillside Resort Koh Tao on Jan 1, 2014. He insisted that tourist security on Koh Tao was good. Koh Tao authorities this week said they intended to file defamation and computer crime charges against the news website Samui Times, which has frequently referred to Koh Tao as "Death Island".

Source: Bangkok Post July 07, 2017 13:52 UTC