Thailand: Tourists need to be warned of perils on “Death Island” Koh Tao

Hannah Witheridge and David Miller On Friday, 3 March 2017 the Samui Times reported that a 23 year-old Russian girl, Valentina Novozhenova had vanished from Koh Tao and had not been seen or heard from since 15 February 2017. Many have wondered why it apparently took over two weeks before any sort of search or investigation was instigated by authorities on Koh Tao. News services, large