could be the motive behind the bomb blasts at the Erawan
shrine and Sathon pier last month, police chief Somyot
Poompunmuang said Tuesday.
It is the first time Thai authorities have pinpointed the
deportation of 109 Uighurs in July as the possible motive
behind the Aug 17 shrine bomb which killed 20 people
and injured 130.
SEE full Infographic below
However, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha
continued to
play down the theory that the deportation led to the attack.
Pol
Gen Somyot said a trafficking syndicate was angered
after authorities scuppered
its business, and this was a strong
motive for the bomb attack.
The police chief said the shrine blast and
July's attack on the
Thai consulate in Istanbul, Turkey "were motivated by
the
same thing".
The consulate was ransacked following
outrage after Thailand
deported the Uighurs to China.
Pol
Gen Somyot said Thailand was part of the trafficking
route to Turkey. When the
operation was disrupted, they
"were infuriated" and vented their anger
on the consulate,
he said.
"Thailand did not only send Uighur
migrants to China,
but also to Turkey, based on nationality verification,"
Pol Gen Somyot said.
He said efforts have been made to prevent the smuggling of
people through Thailand.
"When they were unable to enter
[Thailand], they had to find
their own way and we had nothing to do with
that,"
Pol Gen Somyot said.
"When they were blocked from using the
country as a pathway,
they turned to take action against us with
anger. I do not think it is right." He said the deportation of the
Uighurs to China was carried out between the two countries
according to the law.
Gen Prayut poured cold water on the
deportation motive.
"Preliminarily, they were not connected and I do not think
"Preliminarily, they were not connected and I do not think
there are any
links," Gen Prayut said.
"If that was the case, someone would have
come out to claim responsibility."
However, he did say the theory could not be ruled out.
Deputy Prime Minister
and Defence Minister Prawit
Wongsuwon said he believed a human trafficking
crackdown
by Thai authorities led to the bomb blasts.
Meanwhile, a police team, led by deputy
national police chief
Chakthip Chaijinda, who is overseeing the investigation
into
the bombings, led a team to Malaysia on Tuesday, to share
information with
authorities there about the three suspects
arrested in the country suspected of
being linked to the bombings.
The trip followed an announcement by Malaysian
police
on Tuesday that a Pakistani and two Malaysians were
arrested in
connectionwith the Bangkok bombings a few
days ago.
Pol Gen Somyot said the
team would coordinate and
exchange information with Malaysian officials, but
would
not carry out any investigations there.
He said initial information found no direct
connections
between the trio and the bomb blasts in Bangkok, but they
are
believed to know some information pertaining to the case.
A source familiar with the investigation said 22 people were
A source familiar with the investigation said 22 people were
found to be
connected with the bombing network, including
five Thais.
Abudureheman
Abudusataer, also known as Ishan,
supervised the bombing operation with another
mastermind
pulling the strings behind the scenes, the source said.
The Thai suspects are Wanna Suansan, who
rented a room
at the Maimuna Garden apartments, where bomb-making
materials were discovered; and Kamarudeng Sahoh,
the
head of the team that helped some of the bomb cell suspects
flee from
Narathiwat province to Malaysia.
The other cell members are Chob Sakulthong,
a taxi driver
who drove a suspect to the
southern bus terminal;
Thapirunlak Klainak, a bus driver who transported
suspects
to Narathiwat; and a man, identified only Pordeh, who helped
suspects
cross the border to Malaysia.
Meanwhile, a senior Turkish government
official denied
information unveiled by police spokesman Prawut Thavornsiri
that Mr Ishan travelled to the country, the Associated
Press reported.
"There is no record of the suspect
having entered Turkey,"
the official was quoted as saying on condition of
anonymity.
"Nor have the Thai authorities informed us that a terrorism
suspect was travelling to Turkey," he said.
The Turkish
embassy in Thailand also issued a statement
saying it has not been contacted by
Thai authorities as
reported in local media and "we do not have
information
concerning the investigation".
However, Pol Gen Somyot said police received
information
from the Bangladeshi embassy in Thailand. Chuchart Kanphai,
the
lawyer of Adem Karadag, 28, an arrested suspect whose
real name was verified as
Bilal Turk, said his client was born
in China but migrated to Turkey in 2004 with
his family.
The
following infographic shows five Thais and 17 foreigners
allegedly involved in
the Aug bombing, which police believe
was retaliation for the July 8 Uighur
rendition.
News,Security,Bangkok Post, 16 September
2015.
From the investigation,it is clear that the
Uighurs and some
Thai people involved and bombed the Erawan
Shrine.
Although the chief police believe that it is
the revenge for
the deportation of Uighurs to China and Turkey.
In my viewpoint,we can not sum up the motive
now until we
can arrest
all the suspects and can find out who order it.
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