A warrant was issued for Abdul Tawab (right) in connection
with the Erawan shrine bombing.
(Bangkok post file photo and Royal Thai Police photo)
The Min Buri Court has approved an arrest
warrant for
Abdul Tawab in connection with the Aug 17 Erawan shrine
and Sathorn
pier bombing case.
Police charged Abdul Tawab, 40, with
collaborating to illegally
have in possession explosives and armaments.
They sought
the warrant after searching a room at Pool-Anant Apartment
in
Bangkok's Nong Chok district on Aug 29.
Yusufu Mieraili, the suspect arrested along the
Thai-Cambodian
border in Sa Kaeo on Sept 1, also implicated Mr Tawab,
saying he
knew the man. Witnesses at the apartment also
confirmed Mr Mieraili's account.
Mr
Tawab is allegedly chief of an Uighur trafficking
gang
through Thailand to third countries.
He also reportedly helped the blue-shirted
man, believed to
be responsible for the Sathorn pier bombing, and an unknown
man
seen at a Bang Kapi mall, escape to Malaysia.
Mr
Tawab is believed to be a Pakistani national and
husband of Panissara
Chaleerattarom, a 39-year-old Thai
arrested on Sunday at a dormitory near University
of
Thailand Chamber of Commerce in Bangkok's Din Daeng
area on Sunday, said
police spokesman Pol Lt Gen Prawut
Tavornsiri on Thursday.
"We have yet to verify whether he really
is her husband.
But we have a rough idea he had not played as big a role
in the
plot as Yusufu Mieraili [the suspect arrested along
the Thai-Cambodian border
in Sa Kaeo on Sept 1] did.
"We think they are all on the same team.
While we can't
identify the
mastermind, we don't think Ishan
[Abudusataer Abudureheman] is the man.
Mr
Tawab could be a facilitator while Ms Panissara might
have known about the
illegal entry and given the perpetrators
refuge," he said.
Police think Ishan, who remains at
large, might have been
the yellow-shirted man caught on closed-circuit cameras
placing the bomb at the Erawan shrine.
Ms Panissara was also captured by
closed-circuit cameras
hailing a taxi for the blue-shirted man, believed to be
the
bomber at Sathorn pier on Aug 18.
She is now in military
custody and would be sent to police after soldiers are
done
questioning her, he said. As the investigation unfolds,
police have found
the network keeps expanding, involving
several several people.
The general also said the Turkish Embassy in
Bangkok had
sent its first secretary to help verify passports seized by
Thai
authorities, as well as that held by Adem Karadag.
The first suspect caught in this case, Mr
Karadag was arrested
in an apartment full of passports and bomb materials in
Min Buri on Aug 29.
His lawyer later denied his involvement in the bombing but
admitted
he had entered Thailand illegally.
Police thought he might have been the
caretaker of the
materials.
The general said the Turkish diplomat would like to
send all
passports to Turkey for proper verification.
"We could not comply with the request because they are kept
"We could not comply with the request because they are kept
by the military and are needed for criminal proceedings,"
Pol Lt Gen
Prawut said.
The most Thai authorities can do right now is to give copies
of them to the embassy and allow them to
verify the documentsin Thailand, he added.
Pol
Lt Gen Prawit also said police had discussed with the
Turkish diplomat about
the escape route of Ishan, whom the
Bangladeshi Embassy confirmed had left
Bangladesh for
Turkey.
Earlier, the embassy issued a statement it was not
contacted
by Thai police for help in the case as claimed by Thai authorities.
The general explained by protocols police
could not send
documents directly to Turkish authorities. "I admit I might
have jumped to conclusion.
We will from now on find a way to coordinate more closely
with Turkish authorities.
In the meantime, we're checking with the United Arab
Emirates and India as Ishan was said to have gone through
Abu Dhabi and
India," he said.
News,Crime,Bangkok Post,17 September 2015.
All suspected are reasonable linked,if the authorities
can
arrest more of them,I believe there will be more
progress
about the bomb case.
Hope all process done seriously and clearly for all
cooperation.
Sincerely Yours.
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