Family seeks return of Erawan Shrine bomb suspect

By PHUKET GAZETTE

 

Wanna

 

THE FAMILY of Erawan Shrine bombing suspect Wanna Suansan, who has given birth to two children while in immigration prison in Turkey, is calling for her return to Thailand to face trial.

 

Wanna, who is from Phang Nga province, left for Turkey shortly before the bomb explosion at the Ratchaprasong intersection in the middle of Bangkok on August 17, 2015.

 

The 30-year-old was arrested in that country with her husband, Emrah Davutoglu, a Turkish citizen who allegedly possessed military equipment and bombs. 

 

Wanna was arrested for illegal entry and jailed by Turkish immigration authorities. Her passport was seized.

 

Investigators claimed that Wanna was involved with the bomb suspects by renting a hotel room and a house to her husband’s friends. Thai police officers have coordinated with prosecutors and Foreign Ministry staff to bring Wanna back to Thailand for further investigation.

 

Wanna’s mother and sister, Rugieb Suansan and Aem-orn Suansan, have told the media that they are worried about her and the two children she had given birth to in prison.

 

They want the government to bring her back for a trial in Thailand and have filed a request to the Prime Minister’s Office, but no answer has been forthcoming.

 

“My sister has an arrest warrant for the bombing in 2015. She rented a hotel room in Bangkok and checked out two months before the incident.

 

“There were other people who rented the hotel after her. She remained in Bangkok for a while after checking out from the room, then came back to the house in Phang Nga.

 

“Less than a month after that, her husband and she travelled to Turkey, right before the bomb attack in Ratchaprasong,” Aem-orn said.

“I would like to ask the government to bring my younger sister back as she is stuck in Turkey for illegal entry. Once I was able to contact my sister and she said that she wanted to come back to prove her innocence, as she was not involved in the terrorist attack.”

 

The bomb attack at the famous Erawan Shrine in the capital more than two years ago killed 20 people and injured 125 others.

 

Two Uighur suspects, Adem Karadag and Mieraili Yusufu, were arrested following the police investigation. Adem, also known as Bilal Mohammed, confessed to being the bomber but later retracted his confession and said he had only admitted guilt because he had been coerced by security officials.

 

Both suspects were sent for trial at Bangkok Military Court but progress in the case has been slow. They have appeared in court 13 times over the last year and a military attorney has declared that 447 witnesses have to be interviewed before a verdict can be rendered. 

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30328164

 

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Very unsettling for the families that this case has dragged on

with all the evidence available in discovery to the defense , if it is so clear that this lady played a part,

then bring her home to face the court, more innocents ( her children ) at least they can have some sort of a chance of a decent life, 

 

It appears she is doing or having a Hard time in the jail occassionaly with the birth of 2 children I suppose that why they call it a penal enclosure !

you know turkish jails must be bad when your family would rather see you in a thai one

So much here just doesn’t add up.

if she is an illegal immigrant, why is she not sent to her Home country and especially since there are warrants for her arrest?

 

She checked out of the hotel 2 months earlier and somehow the hotel room has significance in the case. Strange circumstances.

 

Are the two children hat were born in captivity twins or has she been naughty....?