Thailand Deports London Bomb Suspect: Police Source

[ilyushin]

BANGKOK (Reuters) - A Briton wanted in connection with failed car bomb plots in London has been found by police in Thailand and sent back to the UK, a senior Thai police officer said on Wednesday.

The man, a 30-year-old Arab businessman with a British passport, arrived in Bangkok on June 16 and was deported to Britain on Monday, the officer, who declined to be identified, told Reuters.

"We were asked by British authorities to look for this man suspected of being involved in the London attack. We found him, brought him to the airport and put him on the plane to England," the officer said.

Two car bombs primed to explode in London's bustling theatre and nightclub district were discovered early on June 29. The following day a jeep crashed into the terminal building at Glasgow airport in Scotland and burst into flames.

Officials at the British embassy in Bangkok declined immediate comment.

[chavy]

BANGKOK (Reuters) - A Briton wanted in connection with failed car bomb plots in London has been found by police in Thailand and sent back to the UK, a senior Thai police officer said on Wednesday.

The man, a 30-year-old Arab businessman with a British passport, arrived in Bangkok on June 16 and was deported to Britain on Monday, the officer, who declined to be identified, told Reuters.

"We were asked by British authorities to look for this man suspected of being involved in the London attack. We found him, brought him to the airport and put him on the plane to England," the officer said.

Two car bombs primed to explode in London's bustling theatre and nightclub district were discovered early on June 29. The following day a jeep crashed into the terminal building at Glasgow airport in Scotland and burst into flames.

Officials at the British embassy in Bangkok declined immediate comment.

Perhaps the Brits will return the compliment with a certain former leader !! Doubt he will take much 'tracking' down

[A_Traveller]

From breaking news on Bangkok Post site 14:31

A spokesperson to the British Embassy in Bangkok, however, denied any connection with the incident. “We’re not aware of any arrests in Thailand made at the request of the British government”.

The statement is contrary to a Reuters news report that quoted an unnamed senior Thai police as saying, "We were asked by British authorities to look for this man suspected of being involved in the London attack. We found him, brought him to the airport and put him on the plane to England."

Breaking News Link

Regards

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Edited July 11, 2007 by A_Traveller

[tolsti]

The Embassy may say that they are not aware of any arrest but I'm sure the resident ''security advisor'' is fully aware!!!

[A_Traveller]

I didn't {with hindsight perhaps I should have} emphasise the 'not aware' phraseology, but still on balance a little odd, would have anticipated no comment or the embassy was unavailable for comment at this time formatted reply. Though maybe BP is making it up as they go along

Regards

/edit PS No record on the BBC site yet either, though it could all be 'beneath the radar'. By the by see the BBC has knighted Ian Fleming, how thoughtful.

Edited July 11, 2007 by A_Traveller

[sriracha john]

to add to the confusion...

UK asked Thailand to monitor suspect

BRITISH authorities asked Thailand to monitor the movements of a UK man with suspected ties to extremists, but he had no link to last month's car bomb plot and was not deported, police said today.

“There was a British citizen who British authorities asked us to monitor. He came to Thailand with a tour group of three or four people on June 17 and went to Pattaya and Krabi,” national police spokesman Lieutenant General Ronnarong Yungyuen said.

“He already left for Britain on July 2."

“We have monitored his travels and reported that he departed. No one was arrested or detained.”

Local media reported that the Briton of Arab descent was a suspect in last month's attempted car bombings in London and Glasgow, but Ronnarong denied that the man was linked to the plot.

“There is no connection with the (attempted) London bombing,” he said.

The British Foreign Office also said it was not aware of any arrests in Thailand made at London's request.

“HMG (Her Majesty's Government) is not aware of any arrests in Thailand made at the request of HMG,” it said in a statement released by the British embassy in Bangkok.

The investigation into three failed car bomb attacks in London and Glasgow in late June has stretched far beyond Britain's borders.

One suspect was arrested on July 2 in the eastern Australian city of Brisbane, after seven people, including at least four foreign doctors, were detained in Britain.

Indian investigators also uncovered car bomb designs on a computer belonging to one of the suspects.

- Agence France-Presse

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*edit.... nice to see an Ilyushin OP make it to the News Clipping Forum. congratulations...

Edited July 11, 2007 by sriracha john

[sriracha john]

Man closely watched by British police recently spent time in Thailand: police

BANGKOK, Thailand - A man being closely watched by British police recently spent several days at a Thai resort before returning to England, Thai police said Wednesday.

British police had asked Thai counterparts to track the man _ from Pakistan and with a British passport _ and he entered Thailand on June 17 before going to the southern resort region of Krabi, a police spokeswoman said.

He returned to England on July 2, police Col. Ronarg Yangyuen said.

Thai police declined to give the man's name or say whether he was a suspect in the failed terror plots in London and Glasgow, Scotland. They said that since the man was not on an Interpol blacklist, Thailand had no authority to detain him.

Thai police tracked the man to Krabi province and let him go back home after we found that he is not on the blacklist in Thailand, Ronarg said.

- Associated Press

[sriracha john]

Lieutenant General Ronnarong Yungyuen said.

Col. Ronarg Yangyuen said.

Name transliterations aside.... to be demoted within 13 minutes... must be a record....

Edited July 11, 2007 by sriracha john

[sriracha john]

Strange reports on this situation with different sources saying vastly different things.... people and organizations like Scotland Yard denying any knowledge of anything.... etc..

Edited July 11, 2007 by sriracha john

[madjbs]

This is a great example of how we really shouldnt trust the media as much as we do when it comes to reporting the facts!

[sbk]

Reuters UK latest:

Thai police deny London bomb suspect claim

Wed Jul 11, 2007 11:15AM BST

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LONDON (Reuters) - British and Thai police denied on Wednesday that detectives were seeking anyone in Thailand in connection with failed car bombings in London and Glasgow last month.

Thai national police spokesman, Lieutenant-General Ronarong Youngyuen, said comments by a senior police officer suggesting a Briton wanted in connection with the plots had been found in Thailand and deported were wrong. Denying any link to the London plots, Ronarong said British authorities had asked Thai police on June 29 to track down a Briton of Middle Eastern origin who had arrived in a small group on June 17.

The man needed to be "closely watched", he said, but did not appear on any blacklists and left Thailand for Britain on July 2 of his own accord.

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The senior Thai police officer, who declined to be identified, had told Reuters the man was a 30-year-old Arab businessman who was put on a plane back to Britain on Monday evening.

The officer later admitted he had got details wrong.

Two car bombs primed to explode in London's bustling theatre and nightclub district were discovered early on June 29, and the next day a car burst into flames when the driver crashed it into the terminal building at Glasgow airport in Scotland.

Eight suspects have been detained by police in Britain and Australia.

A spokeswoman for London's Metropolitan Police, whose counter-terrorism unit is leading the investigation into the failed bombings, said she had no knowledge of any arrest in Thailand.

(Additional reporting by Nopporn Wong-Anan in Bangkok)

[sriracha john]

With sbk's latest, it's good to see Ronarong Youngyuen got his rank back....

[lazeeboy]

With sbk's latest, it's good to see Ronarong Youngyuen got his rank back....

lets hope the british police are more informed than us ,and meet the suspect at the airport

[Big A]

senior Thai police as saying, "We were asked by British authorities to look for this man suspected of being involved in the London attack. We found him, brought him to the airport and put him on the plane to England."

All within the space of a few days, eh? I remember the days when trying to extradite a Provo (IRA) from 300 yards inside the Republic of Ireland to Northern Ireland (UK) took an eternity, and even then wasn't cast iron!! Isn't Danny Morrison (P Sinn Fein) still on the wanted list and on the run in Co Donegal?

Edited July 11, 2007 by Big A

[sriracha john]

The confused state of reporting has improved and things are starting to be cleared up...

London bomb suspect traveled in Thailand for tourism purposes

The Special Branch Police indicates that a suspect in the London bomb attack was in Thailand for pleasure only.

Pol Maj Gen Tridash Ranarydhivijaya, a commander attached to the Special Branch Police, disclosed that Thai immigration had detained a suspect connected to the recent London bombing.

The suspect had entered Thailand with two of his friends for traveling purposes. They were scheduled to return to England on July 2nd. However, he said that there were no reports to fully indicate that these suspects were connected to the London bombing.

- ThaiNews

[sriracha john]

Police: UK tourist not linked to Al Qaeda bomb plot

BANGKOK - A British tourist suspected of being linked to the recent attempted London bombings was allowed to return to the UK last week after no connection was found to any extremist group, Thai police said Wednesday.

A spokesman at the British Embassy in Bangkok said there was no link between the man and the failed terrorist attacks in London and Glasgow in late June.

Deputy Special Branch Police commissioner Pol. Maj-Gen. Trithot Ronrithiwichai said his agency had acted on a tip from a British intelligence unit to investigate and question a British tourist who had entered Thailand last month and was suspected of being connected with the al-Qaeda terrorist group.

However, according to the deputy chief of the Special Branch Police, the tourist -- a 30-year-old of Pakistani descent who had visited Krabi with several other tourists -- had not been found to be connected in any way with international terrorist groups or insurgents in Thailand's Deep South.

The police had allowed the tourist, who was not on the watch list of transnational criminal suspects, to return to the United Kingdom after the questioning.

The deputy Special Branch Police commander said his agency had not verified any al-Qaeda presence anywhere in Thailand, including the turbulent southernmost provinces. He also dismissed concerns regarding Muslim Cambodians who passed through the south enroute to Malaysia for employment.

Pol. Maj-Gen. Trithot also denied he had recently alerted Pol. Lt-Gen. Adisorn Nonsee of a possible insurgent plot in the capital.

- MCOT

[mrbojangles]

Never mind what has happened to the Pakistani suspect.

I'm more interested in what has happened to our friendly High Ranking, 3 Star General, Super duper Special Branch, Commander-In-Chief Ronarg Yangyuen or his evil twin Assistant Police Toilet Enforcement Officer Ronarong Youngyuen

[scaramangax12]

Thaivisa.......... hardly The Times are you ? get your facts straight and this is not the first time. Your hardly breaking news as well are you

[Scott]

The misinformation was given by the authorities in Thailand I believe. It was on the local radio news last night and it was the British gov't that said they had no knowledge of anyone being deported in relation to the bombings. You might want to kill the message, not the messenger.

[ilyushin]

Thaivisa.......... hardly The Times are you ? get your facts straight and this is not the first time. Your hardly breaking news as well are you

This has nothing to do with Thaivisa's crediable facts. I posted the original post so you can make your comments directed to me on this issue.

I got the news from BANGKOK (Reuters) which was posted on My Yahoo!.

100% breaking news 4 u scaramangax12, I can provide you with first hand breaking news once I get within my reach.

Edited July 12, 2007 by ilyushin

[sriracha john]

"first hand breaking news"....

[SiamFalcon]

Lots of monkeys making monkey media in Thailand

1) Some papers say Arab and some Pakistani

2) Some say "wanted" and some say suspect

3) Some say went on his own others say escorted

Reuters and Associated Press are just too low class to get the facts right, thats what happens to reporters seeking news from Nana bargirls!! This news goes to show that only gormless bimbos pay any attention to Reuters

Hey boys, call yourself reporters? Hahaha you are pathetic looking for a nig to kick? - go home

The International Herald Tribune explains that The British Police have explained that the Thai Police are full of gay buffalos (well they actually use the words "bum steer")

"We're not seeking anyone in Thailand in connection with the attacks," a Scotland Yard spokeswoman said, speaking anonymously in line with police policy. "It's rubbish, it's a bum steer, whoever told (the media) that got it wrong."

Edited July 12, 2007 by SiamFalcon

[scaramangax12]

Just a bunch of monkeys these thaivisa reporters, they seem to think they have such an important role when really they just get all their stories from other sources. THAIVISA GOING DOWN

[TAWP]

Just a bunch of monkeys these thaivisa reporters, they seem to think they have such an important role when really they just get all their stories from other sources. THAIVISA GOING DOWN

You aren't so clever are you?

There is no such thing as Thai Visa reporters...only users that help to keep others updates with the latest news postings in the newspapers [and their websites].

[macular]

Just a bunch of monkeys these thaivisa reporters, they seem to think they have such an important role when really they just get all their stories from other sources. THAIVISA GOING DOWN

There are no "reporters" in Thai Visa, only messengers extracting news from Reuters, Bangkok Post, The Nation etc. Role of messengers is to relay information, not to create them.

Thai Visa is a forum, NOT a news agency.

Got it?

Anyway, I've got used to the "news" in Thailand and would normally treat them as rumours until they are validated.

[ilyushin]

Just a bunch of monkeys these thaivisa reporters, they seem to think they have such an important role when really they just get all their stories from other sources. THAIVISA GOING DOWN

Where do you get your news? I am sure you are not a news maker, but just a faker.

All news is old before it hits press.

[sbk]

Agree with ilyushin here, he rightly got the news from a recognized news source. Misinformation given out by the local police is hardly his fault or anyone else's fault except the one giving the misinformation.

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