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Police: Maj-Gen Khattiya must report within 7 days
BANGKOK, Jan 23 (TNA) – Thailand’s Crime Suppression Police on Saturday ordered Army Maj-Gen Khattiya Sawasdipol, a prime suspect in the M79 grenade attack on the army headquarters last week, to report within one week, as the criminal court has rejected a police request to issue an arrest warrant.
The police order will be posted at the locations where military weapons were seized and suspects were apprehended earlier this week.
The order will also be sent to Maj-Gen Khattiya’s superiors and to places where he is suspected to be in hiding.
Police investigators late Friday night asked the court for an arrest warrant for Gen Khattiya, also known as ‘Seh Deang’, but it was rejected for the reason that he is an army officer and he has not shown any sign of escaping.
Police, therefore, issued an order instead.
The order for Gen Khattiya to report to police for possessing military weapons without permission came after the January 15 M79 grenade attack on the office of army commander Gen Anupong Paochinda in Bangkok.
It also followed a Thursday raid on his home and a flat belonging to a non-commissioned officer who was reportedly his close aide and driver. So far three persons have been arrested, with two being granted bail.
Meanwhile, Gen Khattiya, who has denied any link to the seized weapons, said he would arrive in Bangkok from Hat Yai Saturday afternoon, and will join the anti-government UDD protesters at Chanthaburi.
The Red Shirts are demonstrating at Soi Dao Highland Golf Club to emphasise alleged double standards of law enforcement by the Abhisit Vejjajiva government.
The UDD accuses the Soi Dao golf course owner, an associate of Privy Council president Prem Tinsulanonda, of encroaching on Khao Soi Dao mountain forest reserve and building the golf course on national land.
The Red Shirt leaders linked Gen Prem to the golf course owned by a group of Bangkok Bank shareholders, since the privy council president was a chief adviser for the bank.
Repeating his statement of innocence, Gen Khattiya said he was not responsible for attacking the army chief’s office.
Meanwhile, an army spokesman said the army had not issued an order to detain Gen Khattiya as reported by some media earlier. He said the investigation is being done by police and the army will not intervene.
The spokesman said a complaint on the January 15 incident in which the M79 grenade was “fired from outside the army headquarters and not from within the headquarters premises” had been filed with police.
The spokesman again stated that the army had no plan to stage a coup and seize power. (TNA)
The police order will be posted at the locations where military weapons were seized and suspects were apprehended earlier this week.
The order will also be sent to Maj-Gen Khattiya’s superiors and to places where he is suspected to be in hiding.
Police investigators late Friday night asked the court for an arrest warrant for Gen Khattiya, also known as ‘Seh Deang’, but it was rejected for the reason that he is an army officer and he has not shown any sign of escaping.
Police, therefore, issued an order instead.
The order for Gen Khattiya to report to police for possessing military weapons without permission came after the January 15 M79 grenade attack on the office of army commander Gen Anupong Paochinda in Bangkok.
It also followed a Thursday raid on his home and a flat belonging to a non-commissioned officer who was reportedly his close aide and driver. So far three persons have been arrested, with two being granted bail.
Meanwhile, Gen Khattiya, who has denied any link to the seized weapons, said he would arrive in Bangkok from Hat Yai Saturday afternoon, and will join the anti-government UDD protesters at Chanthaburi.
The Red Shirts are demonstrating at Soi Dao Highland Golf Club to emphasise alleged double standards of law enforcement by the Abhisit Vejjajiva government.
The UDD accuses the Soi Dao golf course owner, an associate of Privy Council president Prem Tinsulanonda, of encroaching on Khao Soi Dao mountain forest reserve and building the golf course on national land.
The Red Shirt leaders linked Gen Prem to the golf course owned by a group of Bangkok Bank shareholders, since the privy council president was a chief adviser for the bank.
Repeating his statement of innocence, Gen Khattiya said he was not responsible for attacking the army chief’s office.
Meanwhile, an army spokesman said the army had not issued an order to detain Gen Khattiya as reported by some media earlier. He said the investigation is being done by police and the army will not intervene.
The spokesman said a complaint on the January 15 incident in which the M79 grenade was “fired from outside the army headquarters and not from within the headquarters premises” had been filed with police.
The spokesman again stated that the army had no plan to stage a coup and seize power. (TNA)
