Nice little earner for catching that Hambali chap.

bbc      ???

It will be interesting to see the final breakdown and distribution.

Heheheheheh... the breakdown might be considered a National Secret in the name of security. Well you don't want everyone knowing the breakdown and every in and out ( so to speak )                                  

409 Million Baht for me, The rest goes to sort out the homeless until APEC is finished   ???  

Who knows what the will happen to that cash.  

Thais fight over £6m bounty for terror chief

By Alex Spillius in Bangkok

(Filed: 18/09/2003)

Rival Thai security agencies are scrambling to seize a bounty of $10 million (£6.6 million) paid by Washington for help in capturing Hambali, the most wanted terrorist suspect in South East Asia.

Four hundred officers from police, military and intelligence units have also approached the American embassy individually for the cash, claiming credit for the arrest on Aug 11 of the Indonesian, who was wanted in at least four countries.

Thaksin Shinawatra, the Thai prime minister, said yesterday: "The US government has given us $10 million for help in the arrest of Hambali, and we will allocate this fairly to the agencies concerned." He said some of the money would go to foundations for officers injured in the line of duty.

But one of his deputy prime ministers claimed that 10 members of the Armed Forces Security Centre and the National Intelligence Agency would receive large sums, leaving local police empty-handed.

Hambali, real name Riduan Isamuddin, was the suspected head of operations for the Jemaah Islamiah network blamed for numerous attacks, including the Bali bombings.

from the uk press today.(daily telegraph)