Chief of the General Staff (Army, Navy and Air) General Mya Tun Oo visited the two Myanmar citizens, who have been sentenced to death for the Koh Tao murder in Thailand, on September 3, the website of the Office of the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services reported. 

The general visited Win Zaw Tun and Zaw Lin in Bang Kwang Central Prison) that had received the death penalty over the murder of two British tourists, David Miller and Hannah Witheridge, in September 2014 to encourage them. 

During the visit, the general explained to them the Myanmar government's effort for their appeal to the Thai King and Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing's calls for Thai officials to render assistance for the case. 

Director of the Thai prison Sophoon Yimpreecha explained good care being provided for the two Myanmar prisoners. 

Koh Samui Court gave the death sentence to the two Myanmar migrant workers on December 24, 2015.

An appeal was filed on January 2017 but the district court dismissed it and approved the sentence. 

Again, an appeal was filed to the Thai High Court and it was again turned down on August 29 this year.