after his arrest in Sa Kaeo province Tuesday. (NCPO handout photo)
Authorities believe a foreigner arrested Tuesday at the Cambodian
border is the yellow-shirted man seen planting the deadly bomb
at Bangkok’s Erawan shrine last month.
"The man found and arrested by the
Burapha Task Force matches
the suspect in the yellow t-shirt described in the
arrest warrant"
for the attack at the Ratchaprasong intersection that
killed 20
people and injured 131 others, National Council for
Peace and
Order spokesman Winthai Suvaree said at a press conference.
Police,
however, stopped short of definitively accusing the
foreigner who arrived in
Bangkok from Sa Kaeo province this
afternoon of
being the bomber. Police spokesman Prawut
Thavornsiri told the media he was an
"important figure" and
definitely part of the network behind the Aug
17 attack,
as well as the failed bombing of the Sathorn pier the
following day.
"Based on examination of the evidence, we
can confirm the male
suspect we arrested is an important one and is in the same
group
with other suspects behind the bombings at two locations,"
Pol Lt
Gen Prawut said. He added that the network to which
the suspect belongs is
suspected of not only bomb-making,
but providing counterfeit passports to
foreigners they smuggle
through Thailand en route to third countries. Pol Lt
Gen Prawut
said he was being held without charge under Section 44 of
the
interim constitution at the 11th Army Circle in Bangkok's
Dusit district. He
was being interrogated in English and
a DNA check and other forensics tests
were scheduled to be
performed in an attempt to link him to the deadly bombing.
Police planned to bring in witnesses to try to place him at
the Ratchaprasong
intersection on the day of the bombing,
he said. "We need all witnesses to
identify him" and to perform
further tests related to existing evidence,
such as fingerprints,
DNA, and photos, Pol Lt Gen Prawut added. Police planned
to hold a more-extensive public briefing tomorrow to detail
the results. A
ranking source in the police investigative team
told the Bangkok Post that the
suspect had been apprehended
inside Cambodia Monday and brought today to the
Cambodian
border town of Poipet in Banteay Meanchey province,
opposite Sa
Kaeo's Aranyaprathet district, to be
handed over
for arrest by Thai authorities. The source, declining to specify
where in Cambodia he was captured, said the suspect had been
on his way to
Phnom Penh. He underwent preliminary
preliminary questioning at a military camp
in Aranyaprathet
before being flown by helicopter to Bangkok, arriving at
4.30pm.
Second Bangkok bombing suspect held (video)
3 more warrants out for Erawan, Sathon
suspects
At Tuesday's press conference, however, Pol Lt Gen Prawut
denied Cambodia had become a haven for criminal suspect,
saying he had been apprehended in Thailand at 11am today
trying to sneak into Cambodia via a natural border.
Soldiers spotted the man while patrolling near the border
in Aranyaprathet. He was walking alone through the brush
in Ban Dong Ngu village of Pa Rai sub-district headed
toward Cambodia. While the spokesman refused to name
the bombing suspect, the police investigative identified him
as "Yusufu". Thai media today widely published a photo of
a Chinese passport for a man matching the suspect's description.
On the passport, he is identified as Yusufu Mieraili, 25,
from Xinjiang province. Xinjiang is the home province for
China's Uighur Muslim minority. Pol Lt Gen Prawut told
the media police did not have such a passport and had not
seen the images posted on social media. The police source
said senior Thai investigators went to Cambodia to coordinate
with authorities there after it had been confirmed the suspect
fled over the border.
News,Security,Bangkok Post,1 September 2015.
Thanks for the cooperation between Thais and Cambodian
authorities that lead to arrest the Erawan bomb suspect.
Hope there is witness who can point out this is the real bomber.
Hope the police and the government can prevent the bomb case
not to happen again.
Sincerely Yours.
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