husband Emrah Davutoglu, in a photo taken at Phuket airport
on July 1. The couple are wanted for possession of
bomb-making material and supplying housing for terrorists
at a Min Buri apartment.
A Turkish connection to the Erawan shrine
bombing hardened
yesterday when the Min Buri provincial court issued a warrant
for the arrest of a Turkish national for illegal possession of
war materials.
The new suspect was identified as Emrah Davutoglu, a Turkish
national and the husband of Wanna Suansan, the only Thai and
only female
suspect in the Erawan and Sathon pier bombings,
according to national police
spokesman Pol Lt Gen Prawut
Thavornsiri. Police investigators said Ms Wanna
rented a
room at the Maimuna Garden Home apartments in
Bangkok's Min Buri
district where police at the weekend
confiscated urea-based fertiliser and
other items that can be
used to make bombs.
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Ms Wanna, also known by her Muslim name,
Maisaroh, and
Mr Davutoglu are reportedly in Turkey. On Tuesday, arrest
warrants were issued for three other suspects linked to the
bombings, with at
least one of them, Ahmet Bozonglan,
identified as Turkish. Mr Bozonglan rented
five rooms at
the Pool Anant apartment in Nong Chok district where
authorities
discovered a cache of bomb-making materials,
investigators said.
Mr Davutoglu's warrant has brought the total
number of
arrest warrants to eight. Ms Wanna's warrant was issued
on Monday.
She has denied all charges. Pol Lt Gen Prawut
Thavornsiri said police have coordinated
with Turkish
authorities but have not yet received any further information
about Ms Wanna, who reportedly got in touch with
authorities via social media.
Meanwhile, forensic results
have confirmed that the fingerprints of the latest
detained
suspect match those found on a bomb-making item found
in Room 414 at
Pool Anant apartments. The man was
apprehended by police at the Thai-Cambodian
border and
taken to Bangkok for questioning on Tuesday.
A police spokesman said
the man is suspected of either
assembling or planting explosives, and evidence
and
witness examination will help police determine exactly what
role he played.
The suspect is likely to have knowledge about
bomb-making, the spokesman said.
According to sources,
the suspect admitted that he was near the Ratchaprasong
area
when the bomb exploded on Aug 17 but he denied any
involvement. Deputy
national police chief Pol Gen Chakthip
Chaijinda said the suspect speaks
Turkish. He said it was
normal for suspects to limit their cooperation with
police
but investigators would rely on other evidence to prove
their alleged
involvement. Asked if the suspect was Uighur,
Pol Gen Chakthip said: "He
is according to his apparent
passport, but we are still waiting waiting for
verification that
the passport is genuine." The deputy chief gave
assurances
that police are on the right track. "This is progressing faster
than other cases. It took 14 to 15 days for police to get a break,"
he
said. A source at the Metropolitan Police Bureau said
police and soldiers
conducted a raid Wednesday evening
on a company in Silom Road over work permits.
The police are understood to have
obtained information that
the firm was involved in issuing work permits to
predominantly
Turkish clientele who wanted to enter and study in Thailand.
The
source said the Turkish husband of Ms Wanna,
Mr Davutoglu, was involved in
bringing several of his
countrymen into Thailand. Another military source said
soldiers had detained a Thai man from Narathiwat for
questioning after evidence
suggested he was connected to
Mr Davutoglu. He is currently being held at the
11th Military Circle.
Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Prawit
Wongsuwon said more checks are needed to determine if
the foreigner arrested on
Tuesday is the man in the yellow
T-shirt suspected of planting the bomb at the
Erawan shrine.
He said Thai officials will request formal nationality
verification from the countries of origin once their identities
are
established.
At this stage, Thai authorities have not contacted any country,
China or Turkey, to verify the nationality of the suspects.
"What is important
is the network of the of the suspects,
their links and connections," Mr
Prawit said, while criticising t
he media for trying to link the bombings to
foreign groups.
The Turkish embassy on Wednesday issued a statement raising
questions
about "speculative news reports" regarding the
nationalities of the
arrested as well as those yet to be brought in.
"Information has been
requested as to whether the suspect
arrested on Aug 29 is a Turkish citizen, and about the
Turkish
passports which have been televised in the news.
The embassy is awaiting an
official reply from Thai authorities,"
read the statement.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Sek Wannamethee
said the ministry
has been working closely with security experts and officials
at foreign embassies regarding the bombing attack and suspects.
However, he said details could not be discussed because of
the ongoing police
investigation. The ministry cannot verify
if Ms Wanna is currently in Turkey.
Meanwhile, police are
asking the public for help in locating another man,
wearing
a blue shirt, and seen on surveillance footage taking a photo
of a
friend at the shrine.
News,Security,Bangkok Post, 3 September
2015.
At this point of time from the
investigation,the bomb case
is likely to involve with the Uighurs.
As Thai people it is sad for me, for I
believe that the
government do their best for the Uighur case and do not
think that there may cause to the bomb case.
Hope that ,the authorities can find out all
the suspects involve.
Still believe in good justice from Thais
authorities,
the Government
and the NCPO.
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