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Driver of ‘Seh Daeng’ detained at army camp
BANGKOK, Aug 14 -- Thai police have detained the personal chauffeur of the late ‘Red Shirt’ military strategist Maj-Gen Khattiya Sawasdipol at an undisclosed army camp for interrogation for his alleged involvement in anti-government protests during March to May which ended in clashes between troops and protesters, according to Tharit Pengdit, chief of Department of Special Investigation (DSI).
Mr Tharit said 37-year-old Chakchalat (alias Pol) Khongsuwan, for whom an arrest warrant had been issued earlier, was re-arrested by 191 Special Branch Police and is now being detained at an army camp for interrogation.
He is being detained under the government-imposed emergency decree which allows police to detain him for a maximum 30 days before formal charges could be applied against him by the DSI, Mr Tharit said.
DSI officers have joined in the questioning, he said.
Mr Chakchalat was earlier arrested but was allowed bail by the Criminal Court on March 8 along with six other suspects, including Maj-Gen Khattiya, better known as ‘Seh Daeng’, for violating the Firearms Act and colluding in an attempt to harbour Pornwat Thongsomboon, who was wanted on an arrest warrant by the Southern Bangkok Criminal Court.
Mr Pornwat was charged with using electronic media to incite unrest and threatening public order after uploading a video clip to the YouTube.com website which the authorities say was disruptive of public order.
Maj-Gen Khattiya was shot and died later on May 17, two days before the military crackdown on anti-government protesters in the capital. (MCOT online news)
Mr Tharit said 37-year-old Chakchalat (alias Pol) Khongsuwan, for whom an arrest warrant had been issued earlier, was re-arrested by 191 Special Branch Police and is now being detained at an army camp for interrogation.
He is being detained under the government-imposed emergency decree which allows police to detain him for a maximum 30 days before formal charges could be applied against him by the DSI, Mr Tharit said.
DSI officers have joined in the questioning, he said.
Mr Chakchalat was earlier arrested but was allowed bail by the Criminal Court on March 8 along with six other suspects, including Maj-Gen Khattiya, better known as ‘Seh Daeng’, for violating the Firearms Act and colluding in an attempt to harbour Pornwat Thongsomboon, who was wanted on an arrest warrant by the Southern Bangkok Criminal Court.
Mr Pornwat was charged with using electronic media to incite unrest and threatening public order after uploading a video clip to the YouTube.com website which the authorities say was disruptive of public order.
Maj-Gen Khattiya was shot and died later on May 17, two days before the military crackdown on anti-government protesters in the capital. (MCOT online news)
