BANGKOK, Thailand – Two Myanmar migrant workers were indicted Thursday for the killings of two British tourists on a resort island in a case that has raised concerns about tourist safety and Thai ****** conduct.

The attorney general’s office presented the case to the court on the nearby island of Samui, and court officials said the two indicted men will attend a session on Monday to acknowledge the charges against them.

The bodies of David Miller, 24, and Hannah Witheridge, 23, were found Sept. 15 on a beach on Koh Tao, an island in the Gulf of Thailand known for *****-class scuba diving. Autopsies showed both had suffered severe head wounds and Witheridge had been raped.

A statement from the attorney general’s office said the two suspects – Win Zaw Htun and Zaw Lin, both 21 – were indicted on charges covering conspiracy to commit ******, ****, criminal coverup, illegally entering Thailand and staying in the country without permission. Zaw Lin was also indicted for theft. The statement did not say what was stolen, but ****** during the ************* said Witheridge’s mobile home had been recovered from one of the men.

Under intense pressure to solve the case, which drew global attention, ****** carried out DNA tests on more than 200 people on the island. They said in October that the DNA evidence matched that of the two suspects. ****** and prosecutors have said other evidence included close-circuit television footage linking the two to the *****.

The two said that their initial confessions were extracted by beatings and threats, which ****** deny.

*******’s Foreign Office has expressed concern to Thai authorities about the way the ************* was conducted.

The gruesome killings tarnished the image of Thailand’s tourism industry, which has been struggling to recover since the army staged a **** and imposed martial law in May.

****** faced a variety of criticism, starting with their failure to secure the ***** scene and releasing several names and pictures of suspects who turned out to be innocent.