Lawyer Aung Myo Thant, a legal adviser at the Myanmar embassy in Thailand, said he was still awaiting a medical certificate in the process of filing a lawsuit in connection with the alleged rape of a woman by a police officer at the Bophut police station in Koh Samui, Thailand.

An advance statement was taken from woman on January 18 and this woman was taken to the Women's Protection Office in Surat Thani provine from Bo Phut Police Station on January 19.

"The case will be taken to court only after the medical certificate and the DNA test returns from Bangkok. It would be back in a month. Now, the other day interrogation means that we have to get an advance statement to interrogate the girl,” said lawyer Aung Myo Thant.

He said the girl would be kept at the Women's Protection Office until the case was settled and provided with psychological treatment and vocational training. On January 16, the Thai police interrogated a sergeant named Watcharin Sinsamosorn from the Bophut police station, who allegedly committed the crime, and was granted on bail with 400,000 baht.

Thai police statement mentioned that the suspect was expelled from the police force and charged with a rape case, failure to perform duties and opening a prison door without a warrant.