Female Erawan Shrine bombing suspect to be released on bail

By Jitraporn Senwong 
The Nation

 

 

The Bangkok Military Court has granted release on bail to Wanna Suansan, the only female suspect in the deadly Erawan Shrine bomb attack in 2015, after her relatives posted assets worth Bt1 million as collateral on Wednesday. She was to be freed at 4pm.

The court also set conditions that Wanna is not allowed to travel outside the country and is forbidden from tampering with witnesses or evidence in the case. She also has to report to probation officials on appointed dates, her lawyer said.

 

The pregnant 29-year-old Phang Nga native, who returned to Thailand on November 22 with her two young children, was taken into court-ordered detention a day after her arrival.

 

She is charged with many counts in connection with the blast that struck the world-famous Erawan Shrine in the heart of Bangkok on August 17, 2015, which killed 20 people and injured many more.

 

She allegedly rented rooms for suspected bombers Adem Karadag and Yusufu Mierali, who were friends of her Turkish husband Emrah Davutoglu.

 

Karadag and Mierali have been held at a special detention facility at the 11th Army Circle headquarters pending court interviews of 100 prosecution witnesses.

 

Wanna had been living under house arrest in Turkey with Davutoglu, who is also a suspect in the case, for the past few years.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30333843

 

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Suspect bomber allowed out on Bail, now what could go wrong with that  

1 hour ago, JoePai said:

Suspect bomber allowed out on Bail, now what could go wrong with that  

She could tell the world she had nothing to do with it.

 

Seems like the most creepy of RTP setups and stuff ups to me. All after they paid themselves the reward money. Jeez

I seriously doubt that any bomber arrested for being partly responsible for so many deaths, would never, ever be released on bail anywhere else....but here is Thailand, murderers sent to death row have been released on bail.....while geriatric mushroom pickers are sent to gaol.

Crazy place so often!

smart girl!   didn't show her butt at the shrine.

 

Probably told them she wanted to celebrate Christmas with her family....

Yep bombing murder and you get bail Wonder what next? She was told told not to leave the country LOL Now i wonder where i heard that before? She be released at 4 pm and be in India by 8 that night Case closed Hey but they got there money Smart lawyer she has Told her money takes you places in Thailand

Yep bombing murder and you get bail Wonder what next? She was told told not to leave the country LOL Now i wonder where i heard that before? She be released at 4 pm and be in India by 8 that night Case closed Hey but they got there money Smart lawyer she has Told her money takes you places in Thailand:WPFflags:

She is suspected of renting rooms, and it is alleged that her husband is "friends" with the two suspects held (by the military and with no apparent progress in the case against them). She has two children and is pregnant with a third.
As far as I can see there is no real evidence to link her with the bombs. Why should she not have bail? Maybe this is the first step in the authorities backing off?

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16 hours ago, webfact said:

She allegedly rented rooms for suspected bombers Adem Karadag and Yusufu Mierali, who were friends of her Turkish husband

That's probably the real crime - failed to file TM30.

Maximum fine Bt5,000.

17 hours ago, webfact said:

Karadag and Mierali have been held at a special detention facility at the 11th Army Circle headquarters pending court interviews of 100 prosecution witnesses.

Arrested more than two years ago, being held at a military facility and no charges. And still 100 prosecution witnesses to be interviewed? How many witnesses for the defendants are being interviewed? Is the military even trying to build a case as to their quilt sans a confession?

 

It seems that the military can't trust the accused to be held and tried in Thailand's civilian judicial system for the Shrine bombing. Hence, military detention and military trial. Otherwise, there's the DANGER that the accused might get fair treatment under the law and conviction to lesser crimes in a civilian criminal court.

14 minutes ago, Srikcir said:

That's probably the real crime - failed to file TM30.

Maximum fine Bt5,000.

Arrested more than two years ago, being held at a military facility and no charges. And still 100 prosecution witnesses to be interviewed? How many witnesses for the defendants are being interviewed? Is the military even trying to build a case as to their quilt sans a confession?

 

It seems that the military can't trust the accused to be held and tried in Thailand's civilian judicial system for the Shrine bombing. Hence, military detention and military trial. Otherwise, there's the DANGER that the accused might get fair treatment under the law and conviction to lesser crimes in a civilian criminal court.

Or perhaps even "not guilty"?

2 hours ago, JAG said:

She is suspected of renting rooms, and it is alleged that her husband is "friends" with the two suspects held (by the military and with no apparent progress in the case against them). She has two children and is pregnant with a third.
As far as I can see there is no real evidence to link her with the bombs. Why should she not have bail? Maybe this is the first step in the authorities backing off?

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Did you know there was a huge reward collected by the police after they claimed they had caught the suspects? Maybe just maybe they just grabbed anyone The Reward was huge 

How come she's pregnant ? Jail party?

26 minutes ago, BuaBS said:

How come she's pregnant ? Jail party?

Wanna had been living under house arrest in Turkey with her husband Davutoglu.

30 minutes ago, Srikcir said:

Wanna had been living under house arrest in Turkey with her husband Davutoglu.

So she has been living under house arrest in Turkey for 3 years , wow what a punishment !! Now she returns to Thailand , and gets released on bail . That will teach those nasty terrorists !

1million baht = $30,000

 

i have a feeling she is going to make a run for it... seriously losing $30,000 is a small price to pay when you are probably facing execution or life in a thai prison!.

7 hours ago, BuaBS said:

So she has been living under house arrest in Turkey for 3 years , wow what a punishment !! Now she returns to Thailand , and gets released on bail . That will teach those nasty terrorists !

 

Or perhaps she is innocent, the evidence against her could be at-best sketchy, and she isn't a terrorist ?  

 

In which case releasing her on bail, ordered not to leave the country, would be entirely reasonable, would it not ?

2 minutes ago, Ricardo said:

 

Or perhaps she is innocent, the evidence against her could be at-best sketchy, and she isn't a terrorist ?  

 

In which case releasing her on bail, ordered not to leave the country, would be entirely reasonable, would it not ?

No.