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Bangkok bomb suspect set to surrender
BANGKOK, Aug 5 - A suspect who is the subject of an arrest warrant suspected of being involved bombing at various locations in Bangkok--including last week's Rangnam Road incident -- has contacted the police through his close aide to surrender himself to the authorities after Sorathian Singkanya, another suspect, was arrested Wednesday, according to Metropolitan Police Division 1 commander Pol Maj-Gen Wichai Sangprapai.
Mr Sorathian told police that he meet Mr Suwit, also known as Bungwai [surname unknown] when he joined the anti-government 'Red Shirt' United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) protesters at Din Daeng intersection on May 17 and Mr Suwit persuaded him to learn how to assemble and place bombs in containers filled with fuel at a UDD tent in the Lumpini area.
The Court issued an arrest warrant for Mr Suwit Wednesday evening for illegal possession of bombs, carrying firearms and violating the emergency decree.
Police believed Mr Suwit may have been involved in bomb attacks at many locations in Bangkok.
Gen Wichai said after Mr Suwit's photo was published in the media, the suspect contacted the police through his friend saying that he wanted to turn himself in to defend himself against the accusations.
However, Mr Suwit did not specify when and where he will surrender to the authorities but initially he wanted to know if he would be granted release on bail after coming in and how much collateral was necessary to guarantee his bail.
Mr Sorathian was arrested for allegedly placing a bomb on Rangnam Road, near the King Power duty-free shopping complex on July 30, but he denied the charges.
A garbage scavenger was critically wounded in the ensuing explosion and remains hospitalised, unconscious and in critical condition.
The court on Wednesday also issued warrants for two suspects in the bombing on the street in front of the Big C department store in Rajprasong – Kittisak or Uan Soonsri and Seksan Worapiticharoenkul -- and ordered the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) to seek more evidence for the third suspect -- Thanadej or Kai Akeapiwat -- prior to issuing a warrant.
Mr Seksan, a suspect in the bombing at Big C department store incident, was detained and is being questioned at DSI headquarters.
DSI Director General Tharit Pengdit said Mr Seksan turned himself in to police on Wednesday and investigators are expected to further question him Thursday.
Mr Tharit said that initially Mr Seksan admitted that he knew Mr Kittisak and had been present in a Honda Civic car carrying explosives intended to be assembled as car bomb that was found earlier at Ramintra Road Soi 34 by police on May 14.
However, Mr Seksan said he was unaware of how the car would be used and denied involvement in bombing at Big C department store.
The DSI chief said the authorities believed bombing at Big C department store and car with bomb found at Ramintra Road Soi 34 was linked as the electronic devices in both cases were found to be similar but the agency had to seek more evidence to confirm the case and Mr Seksan's DNA was collected for further investigation.
One person was killed while another ten were injured in a bombing at a bus stop near the now-closed Big C department store on Ratchadamri Road July 25, the first major violence in the Thai capital after the anti-government Red Shirt movement ended their six-week long rally at Ratchaprasong intersection on May 19. (MCOT online news)
Mr Sorathian told police that he meet Mr Suwit, also known as Bungwai [surname unknown] when he joined the anti-government 'Red Shirt' United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) protesters at Din Daeng intersection on May 17 and Mr Suwit persuaded him to learn how to assemble and place bombs in containers filled with fuel at a UDD tent in the Lumpini area.
The Court issued an arrest warrant for Mr Suwit Wednesday evening for illegal possession of bombs, carrying firearms and violating the emergency decree.
Police believed Mr Suwit may have been involved in bomb attacks at many locations in Bangkok.
Gen Wichai said after Mr Suwit's photo was published in the media, the suspect contacted the police through his friend saying that he wanted to turn himself in to defend himself against the accusations.
However, Mr Suwit did not specify when and where he will surrender to the authorities but initially he wanted to know if he would be granted release on bail after coming in and how much collateral was necessary to guarantee his bail.
Mr Sorathian was arrested for allegedly placing a bomb on Rangnam Road, near the King Power duty-free shopping complex on July 30, but he denied the charges.
A garbage scavenger was critically wounded in the ensuing explosion and remains hospitalised, unconscious and in critical condition.
The court on Wednesday also issued warrants for two suspects in the bombing on the street in front of the Big C department store in Rajprasong – Kittisak or Uan Soonsri and Seksan Worapiticharoenkul -- and ordered the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) to seek more evidence for the third suspect -- Thanadej or Kai Akeapiwat -- prior to issuing a warrant.
Mr Seksan, a suspect in the bombing at Big C department store incident, was detained and is being questioned at DSI headquarters.
DSI Director General Tharit Pengdit said Mr Seksan turned himself in to police on Wednesday and investigators are expected to further question him Thursday.
Mr Tharit said that initially Mr Seksan admitted that he knew Mr Kittisak and had been present in a Honda Civic car carrying explosives intended to be assembled as car bomb that was found earlier at Ramintra Road Soi 34 by police on May 14.
However, Mr Seksan said he was unaware of how the car would be used and denied involvement in bombing at Big C department store.
The DSI chief said the authorities believed bombing at Big C department store and car with bomb found at Ramintra Road Soi 34 was linked as the electronic devices in both cases were found to be similar but the agency had to seek more evidence to confirm the case and Mr Seksan's DNA was collected for further investigation.
One person was killed while another ten were injured in a bombing at a bus stop near the now-closed Big C department store on Ratchadamri Road July 25, the first major violence in the Thai capital after the anti-government Red Shirt movement ended their six-week long rally at Ratchaprasong intersection on May 19. (MCOT online news)
