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CRES: Bhumjaithai Party bombing may affect decision on lifting emergency decree
BANGKOK, June 22 (TNA) -- Thailand's Centre for the Resolution of the Emergency Situation (CRES) on Tuesday said the bombing at the Bhumjaithai Party head office is aimed at inciting disturbances and may affect the decision on lifting the Emergency Decree.
CRES spokesman Col Sansern Kaewkamnerd made the statement after a fruit vending cart exploded near the head office of the Bhumjaithai Party, main coalition partner in the six-party government of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, seriously wounding a man.
Col Sansern said 26-year-old Anek Singkhuntod later confessed that he was not a food vendor but was hired to load gasoline into a gas cylinder laid beneath the cart and park it at the party headquarters.
Col Sansern said the bomb exploded earlier than expected and instead wounded the man himself.
The CRES spokesman said the centre believes the incident is aimed at causing disturbances but it is not yet known what person or group was behind the matter.
Col Sansern said the incident may be related to the recent political disorder and may affect the agency's consideration of the lifting of Emergency Decree as the situation is still volatile.
The spokesman said the Election Commission (EC) has asked CRES for guidelines for the upcoming Bangkok by-election and that a CRES legal team will discuss the issue with the National Security Council and will report to CRES in the next few days.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva denied an accusation that the government was behind the bombing at Bhumjaithai Party in an attempt to maintain the State of Emergency.
The premier however asserted the incident proved the government's claim that the situation is not yet normal, saying it depends on CRES to consider whether to lift or remain the Emergency Decree.
The Emergency Decree has been imposed in Bangkok since early April to maintain order during the anti-government Red Shirt protest.
The security law remains in force as the Thai government cited intelligence reports about possible instigation of such acts of violence. (TNA)
CRES spokesman Col Sansern Kaewkamnerd made the statement after a fruit vending cart exploded near the head office of the Bhumjaithai Party, main coalition partner in the six-party government of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, seriously wounding a man.
Col Sansern said 26-year-old Anek Singkhuntod later confessed that he was not a food vendor but was hired to load gasoline into a gas cylinder laid beneath the cart and park it at the party headquarters.
Col Sansern said the bomb exploded earlier than expected and instead wounded the man himself.
The CRES spokesman said the centre believes the incident is aimed at causing disturbances but it is not yet known what person or group was behind the matter.
Col Sansern said the incident may be related to the recent political disorder and may affect the agency's consideration of the lifting of Emergency Decree as the situation is still volatile.
The spokesman said the Election Commission (EC) has asked CRES for guidelines for the upcoming Bangkok by-election and that a CRES legal team will discuss the issue with the National Security Council and will report to CRES in the next few days.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva denied an accusation that the government was behind the bombing at Bhumjaithai Party in an attempt to maintain the State of Emergency.
The premier however asserted the incident proved the government's claim that the situation is not yet normal, saying it depends on CRES to consider whether to lift or remain the Emergency Decree.
The Emergency Decree has been imposed in Bangkok since early April to maintain order during the anti-government Red Shirt protest.
The security law remains in force as the Thai government cited intelligence reports about possible instigation of such acts of violence. (TNA)
