BANGKOK – A top human rights official has threatened to prosecute Thai police if they refuse to explain the alleged torture of two Burmese men accused of murdering a pair of British tourists.

Niran Pitakwatchara, chairman of Thailand’s National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), said police failed to show up for a hearing about their alleged torture of the two murder suspects, Zaw Lin and Win Zaw Htun.

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