(CNN) Two men on death row for killing pair of British backpackers on a Thai island in 2014 have had their death sentences commuted to life imprisonment by the country's king. British students Hannah Witheridge and David Miller were murdered in Thailand in 2014. Two Burmese men, Zaw Lin and Wai Phyo -- also known as Win Zaw Htun -- were arrested almost two weeks after the bodies were found. On Friday, the Thai king passed a mass royal pardon for those on death row who have exhausted all appeal options and have never before received a royal pardon. Myanmar national Zaw Lin arrives in a prison transport van outside Koh Samui court in Thailand on July 9, 2015.

Source: CNN August 16, 2020 05:15 UTC