Famous Chinese opera actress Mao Weitao,
centre, leads a
troupe of 75 opera performers to pay respects
at the Erawan
shrine to help restore tourists' confidence.
She is
accompanied by Tourism and Sports Minister
Kobkarn
Wattananvrangkul, right. (Photo by Somchai Poomlard)
Police are working with authorities in
Turkey to track down
a key suspect in last month's Erawan shrine and Sathon
pier
bombings after recent information suggested he had taken
a flight to the
country.
Meanwhile, Malaysian police on Monday
confirmed they
have arrested three suspects in connection with the Bangkok
bombings. National police spokesman Prawut Thavornsiri
said a key suspect, Abudureheman
Abudusataer, also known
as Ishan, departed Dhaka, Bangladesh on a Jet Airways
flight on Aug 30 before arriving in New Delhi, India.
The information came from
a joint investigation between Thai
police and the Bangladeshi embassy in
Thailand.
Mr Ishan then travelled to Abu Dhabi in the United Arab
Emirates and
finally Istanbul, Turkey.
He
said the Turkish embassy and Thai authorities have been
cooperating to gather
information about Mr Ishan.
However, Pol Lt Gen Prawut said he was still
unconvinced
Mr Ishan was the mastermind because the money trail did not
stop
with him. Meanwhile, the spokesman said two Malaysians
and a Pakistani arrested
in Malaysia played a role in helping
suspected bomb cell members escape.
The
arrests of the trio were carried out after a tip-off by Thai
authorities, he
said.
The three were thought to have smuggled
people across the
border, but no information has so far suggested they were
involved in the blasts, the spokesman said.
His
comment came after Malaysian police chief Khalid Abu
Bakar confirmed yesterday
that a Pakistani and two Malaysians
-- a man and a woman -- were arrested a few
days ago.
"These arrests were made following a tip-off received from
our
counterparts in Thailand," he told reporters. Mr Khalid did
not say where
they were arrested or what the charges against
them would be.
"We are
working together with our Thai counterparts.
Let
us investigate the matter first,”he said.
Meanwhile, national police chief Pol Gen
Somyot
Poompunmuang yesterday denied speculation Thai police
went to Malaysia
to arrest the suspects. "Thai police did not
dispatch any officials to
investigate this case in Malaysia," he said.
Pol
Gen Somyot said a probe has found the bombings were
an act of retaliation by a
human trafficking network after the
recent crackdown on people smuggling.
A Thai police source said the trio were
connected to a network
smuggling people into Malaysia through Sungai Kolok
district
of Narathiwat.
The source also said a man in a yellow shirt seen on CCTV
planting a backpack at the Erawan shrine believed to contain
a bomb shortly
before the deadly blast on Aug 17 had fled to
Pakistan. The man has been
identified, the source said, adding
he had flown out of Thailand to Pakistan
through normal
channels. He used a Turkish passport but it has not been
verified
if it is real or fake.
Pakistani police confirmed the suspect had
entered their country,
the source said.
The source refused to name the suspect. Thai
police have so far
arrested two suspects. Adem Karadag, 28, also known as
Bilal
Mohammed, was arrested at his room at the Pool Anant
apartment in Nong Chok
district on Aug 29, while Yusufu
Mieraili, 25, was later apprehended, according
to the
Thai military, in Sa Kaeo on Sept 1. The pair are currently being
detained
at the 11th Military Circle after the Justice Ministry
last week authorised the
location to be used as a special
remand facility.
Mr Karadag's lawyer, Chuchart Kanphai, said
his client was
a Turkish national and admitted to entering Thailand illegally.
He travelled
from Vietnam and Laos before entering Thailand
on Aug 24 this year with the
help of a broker named Abdullah
Abdulrahman, the lawyer said.
The lawyer said the broker took his client
to stay at the
Pool Anant apartment and told him to stay in the room.
He said
his client was not involved with the bomb-making
materials found at the
apartment.
Mr
Karadag intended to become a driver in Malaysia,
Mr Chuchart said.
Speaking
about security measures in the lead-up to China's
National Day on Oct 1, Pol
Gen Somyot said officers are
prepared for the event.
Prime
Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has mentioned the
importance of security for
important figures, symbolic locations
and tourist areas, Pol Gen Somyot said.
The police chief added that the Royal Thai
Police are prepared
to remove immigration officers who turn a blind eye to
human
trafficking in their jurisdictions.
The transfers will be made not only in
response to the bombings,
but also to illicit businesses such as smuggling
Rohingya in
the South, he said. Immigration police chief Sakda
Chuenpakdi
will deal with the issue and the transfers.
News ,Security,Bangkok Post, 15September 2015.
Agree with the preparation to remove
immigration officers
who turn a blind eye to human trafficking in
their jurisdictions.
Hope the new immagration officers will
stickly do their works
so it will help least the problem.
Hope with all coopration from every
country,we can arrest
all the suspects and can find out who
ordered them to do.
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