Corrections Department: Sufficient medical specialists to care for bomb suspect

BANGKOK, July 10 -- Sufficient medical specialists are on hand at the Central Women Correctional Institution for the female suspect held in relation to the June bomb incident at Bhumjaithai Party headquarters.

The prisoner is reportedly suffering from an allergy, Corrections Department Director-General Chartchai Suthiklom said on Saturday.

Mr Chartchai said he had not yet received information that Warisriya Boonsom, now detained at the prison, is ill due to an allergic reaction.

There are enough medical specialists at the prison if Ms Warisriya is seriously ill, he said. She should notify prison officials of her condition if she wants to be treated medically.

Her companion Korbchai Boonplod, meanwhile, is now detained at Bangkok Remand Prison, awaiting a transfer to another prison unit, he said.

Both suspects were escorted by Thai police on Monday from Phnom Penh to Bangkok after being arrested by Cambodian authorities in Siem Reap last weekend.

The bombing incident occurred near the Bhumjaithai Party headquarters in Bangkok on June 22 when an explosive in a vendor’s cart was remotely detonated, seriously wounding Anek Singkhuntod. Reportedly, he admitted that he was hired to leave a rambutan pushcart near the party office.

The Bhumjaithai Party is the largest coalition partner in the government of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajia.

Two more suspects, Kampon Kamkong and Dejpon Bhudjong, were also detained for investigation. (MCOT online news)