Warrant issued for bombing 'organiser' !!

 

 

A photo of the latest suspect, Abudureheman Abudusataer,

 27, obtained from police investigators .

 

 

Police say Abudureheman Abudusataer, 27, is their prime suspect

 as the mastermind of the Aug 17 Erawan shrine bombing.

 The name was taken from the Chinese passport he used to enter

 and leave Thailand,as caught in immigration photos.

Meanwhile (right), Suspect No.1 Yusufu Mieraili, 25, re-enacted

 his story of receiving and handing off the Erawan shrine bomb at

 the Nong Chok apartment house where hewas arrested.

 (Main photo by Pattanapong Hirunard)

An arrest warrant has been issued for another man believed to

 have played a key role in organising last month's deadly

 Erawan shrine bombing, according to a source.

The Bangkok South Criminal Court approved on Tuesday

the Metropolitan Police Bureau's (MPB) arrest warrant for

 the suspect, identified as Abudureheman Abudusataer, 27,

from China's Xinjiang region, the the source said. His alias

 among the detained bomb suspects was "Ishan", the source

 added. Blast suspect Yusufu Mieraili, 25, allegedly told

police during 14 hours of questioning that Ishan had

 arranged meetings of the bombing cell and assigned them

their tasks, another source said.

 The second source added that Ishan had left Thailand on

 a flight from Suvarnabhumi airport on Aug 16 -- one day

before the blast. Police were investigating where he escaped to,

the source added. Mr Mieraili has confessed to MPB

investigators that he was part of the bombing network,

 the source said.

He had been interrogated by the MPB after he was handed

 over from the 11th Army Circle in Bangkok, where he had

 been detained after he was arrested, according to the military,

 in Aranyaprathet district of Sa Kaeo province. Mr Mieraili

 told police he had been staying at the Maimuna Garden

 Home apartment on Ratuthit Soi 25/8 in Bangkok's Min Buri

district. On the day of the bombing he travelled to the

Pool Anant apartment in Nong Chok district where he picked

 up a black backpack and took a taxi to Hua Lamphong railway

 station where he delivered the bag to a man wearing a

 yellow T-shirt, the source said.

Mr Mieraili said it was the first time he had met the man, and

that he did not realise at the time that the backpack contained

a bomb, the source said. He then went to the skywalk near

CentralWorld department store where he took photos of the

 blast aftermath before fleeing, the source added. Mr Mieraili

 has denied detonating the bomb that killed 20 people and

injured 130 at the Erawan shrine.

During his interrogation, police also discovered he knew

 another suspect wanted in connection with the bomb blast

near Sathon pier on Aug 18, the source said. That suspect,

 wearing a blue shirt, was caught on security camera footage

 dropping a bomb in the canal near the pier. Following the

 pier bomb, Mr Mieraili told investigators he stayed in an

 apartment with the yellow- and blue-shirted suspects in

 Min Buri district, the source said. The yellow-shirted suspect

 was caught on a security camera sitting in a taxi passing

 Rajamangala Stadium as it headed in the direction of

 Min Buri, the source added.


Police spokesman Prawut Thavornsiri reiterated that Mr Mieraili

 was a crucial part of the investigation into the case. He has

 been charged with illegal possession of explosives and

 faces additional charges for involvement in the bombing. 

National police chief Somyot Poompunmuang, meanwhile,
 said he could not confirm media reports that the two main
suspects had fled to Malaysia via the southern provinces.

However, he admitted a taxi driver questioned over the shrine

blast had confessed to transporting a number of "foreigners"

onto a bus to the South. The driver will probably face charges

 for his involvement, although he may not have been aware

 that he was transporting criminal suspects, Pol Gen Somyot

 said. He also declined to confirm media reports that the

 yellow-shirted bomb suspect had previously been detained

by police. Police have determined that not all the members

 of the bomb network, thought to be 12 in total, knew each

 other, Pol Gen Somyot said.

 The gang communicated with each other using new social

 media techniques, and the police are trying to track their

communications, he added.

He confirmed the Anti-Money Laundering Office was

examining the money trail of the gang but he could not

confirm yet if the funding for the attack came from overseas,

 as has been speculated. The shrine bombing is estimated to

 have cost the country's tourism industry about 64.3 billion

 baht as a result of losing around 1.33 million tourists in

 its aftermath, according to a Government House source.

 

 The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) provided its

 assessment of the impact of the bombing on the sector to

 the cabinet Tuesday, along with a plan to rescue the

tourism market, the source added. The source said the

 effect of the shrine bomb had been at its most critical

 point in the immediate aftermath, and that the situation

should begin to improve in the final quarter of this year.

 A survey of 35 nations has been conducted to gauge

international reaction to the bombing and it was found

that most had issued travel alerts, at levels 1-3, warning

 people to be cautious when travelling in Thailand,

said the source.

Hong Kong, Taiwan and Slovakia had issued the most

serious warnings, advising their nationals to avoid making

unnecessary trips to Thailand, said the source.

 

The TAT's tourism overseas offices had also reported that

several countries in Southeast Asia scrapped package tours

 and flights to Thailand between last month and this month,

 the source said.

They included Singapore, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong

and Vietnam.

 As for the domestic tourism market, although the TAT had

assessed that the bombing did not have a significant impact

 on this market, a slight decrease in the number of tourists

 has been seen in Bangkok after the attack, said the same

source.

 

The TAT is implementing plans to boost confidence among

potential visitors to Thailand through various forms of media

 and tourism promotion activities, the source said. Foreign

 Minister Don Pramudwinai said the Thai embassy in Turkey

 has yet to be contacted by Wanna "Maisaroh" Suansan,

who was identified as the first Thai suspect and alleged

 bomb attack accomplice.

Previous media reports said she wanted to turn herself into

authorities and clear her name.

 

News,Security,Bangkok Post, 9 September 2015.

 

In my viewpoint,the investigation has progress and in

 

 final the authorities can caught the suspect involved.

And can find out the reason for making the bomb.

 

For the point of tourism,I believe the TAT can promote

And convince the tourists about the safety of Thailand.

Thailand has many beautiful places wait for the tourists

to come visit.

 

In fact as I live in Bangkok, I do not fear of the situation.

I believe that the authorities do their best to solve and

prevent  the violent situation not to happen more.

 

Sincerely Yours.