PHUKET, Thailand (8 May 2009) — A Swiss woman was found dead on a beach in Krabi where she may have been strangled and robbed. Edith Jungen, believed to be in her 30s, was found in shallow water on Noppharat Beach in Tambon Ao Nang in Krabi's Muang district. According to unconfirmed reports, Jungen was found with the strap of her handbag tied around her neck as if she had been strangled to death. Police said the victim checked in to the Andaman Sunset Hotel on Tuesday and checked out a day later. Her body was found near the hotel. Witnesses told police Jungen had been upset and feared that she would be attacked. Tourist murders While the mainstream media continues to promote Thailand as a holiday paradise, violence against tourists, especially women, has increased sharply in recent years. In March, a British tourist was murdered on his sailboat. Last January police arrested a local Thai man for the murder of a German woman who was killed during a full moon party on a beach in southern Thailand. In 2007, two young female tourists were murdered on the beach in Pattaya. In January 2006, two Thai men were convicted of raping and killing 21-year-old British tourist Katherine Horton on Koh Samui. The next day, a Swedish woman who was visiting Thailand with her husband and children, was also raped on Koh Samui. | 
