Thai police release detailed sketch of suspected shrine bomber

[MyFriend You]

This might rule out his arrival on an international flight. Doesn't immigration take pictures of everyone flying into the country?

Yes

[Bluespunk]

@Ace of Pop

Yeah right.

Pathetic.

Edited August 19, 2015 by Bluespunk

[metisdead]

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[anotheruser]

The sketch looks way different than the person in the live cctv footage.

[SOUTHERNSTAR]

Most of the above comments appear to dismiss this activity as being related to the earlier atrocities.We are forgetting that time has moved on and the new tricks are far more sophisticated than 2006-2013.

Four days ago I commented on Yinluck's statement,on Jatuporn's response to the new charter,and his threat to meet with the red shirts.This all came about soon after Mr.T possibly

accepted that he was going to lose his stripes.

These new forays prompted me to warn that things were about to get real bad; " no holes barred" I think I wrote. PLease GOD,I would like to re-think my pondering,and hope that there is a speedy end to this disgusting atmosphere.

Please tell us when have red shirts attacked a temple with a bomb ? The last time people died in a temple they were shot by army snipers, according to the Thai courts. When have the redshirts used a bomb made with TNT or C 4 ? When have they used a bomb that is detonated via a mobile phone ? Why would they try to hurt the economy if the junta is already doing the job for them ? All the red shirts need to do is to sit back a watch the junta destroy themselves and that is what they are doing. When the referendum come the constitution will be rejected which will extend the junta for a further 2 years atleast. By the time they put a democratic constitution on the table even their supporters will hate them. Have you not noticed that ex Thaksin ministers have been included in the new cabinet to save the economy, this is the best indication yet that the junta are recognising that they dont have a clue what they are doing and need outside help. To ask ex Thaksin ministers are a face losing event which only the blind will miss.

[Travelman868]

This thing seems to have been fairly carefully planned, so it seems unlikely that the guy would not have taken some steps to disguise himself.

He looks like a Thai boy with a full beard. Not a 5 minute job to grow so where are Thai's likely to have full beards ???????

AND where is bomb making common ????

AND where are 500+ Thai's killed every year by terrorists ????

AND It's not rocket science

[jaywalker]

This might rule out his arrival on an international flight. Doesn't immigration take pictures of everyone flying into the country?

Uh? 25 million on file for this year...take a look mate.

Goggle facial recognition software, mate.

Running their computers on a pirate copy of Win 98 probably with 16 mb of ram.

[arrowsdawdle]

Does it say anywhere what suspects height is? This is basic stuff to assess and then state. No point in looking at 6ft foreigners if he was a midget.

The fundamental key is height, since it cannot be changed....although Tom Cruise has probably tried.

[arrowsdawdle]

This might rule out his arrival on an international flight. Doesn't immigration take pictures of everyone flying into the country?

Yes

Actually they take multiple photos and then TAT counts them to determine arrival numbers.

[tukkytuktuk]

Saw this on twitter. https://mobile.twitter.com/qandrew/status/634002999463952384

New representation of the suspect in digital.

[Chalard]

I saw somebody that looked very similar to that guy last night. I don't have a phone so how should I report it? It probably isn't the guy but he was acting very weird.

Go and talk to the police. You could end up being a million baht richer...

[Aroi88]

As you can see from my non-existent posts in the pass I never comment on anything unless I have anything to contribute (sensibly) But previous experience of watching hours of CCTV in Northern Ireland and Manchester for the Arndale shopping center Bombing. I would like to point out two things.

• Firstly if you have seen the uncut version of the (CCTV) you will see that after he walks away the camera is jerked rapidly to the left and you can clearly see it is taken from a mobile device inside a room as the window and remote control for the air-con comes into view.
• Secondly the "suspect" is quite clearly central to the image, and is the quite clearly followed by the Camera.

Drawing from previous experience and not a conspiracy theorist it looks remarkably like this individual was being "watched"

You are watching them reviewing multiple video feeds from different cameras.

The subject was not being monitored.

[taony]

Right. And he decided Thailand was the place to do it. Because???

The boston marathon bomber brothers thought they were fighting back against US policies. What is this guy fighting back against Thailand about? Why in the world would someone with the motivation you suggest come here to act it out?

[jeffrey18914]

Thailand security vs United states security?

He can come and go into Thailand from his country very easily

This Kid is pro Muslim and everyone else are infidels like the 2 brothers views

His motivation is his "deranged acceptance approval" from DZ T and viewed/displayed with worldwide audience

*No, his motivation is not so the Thai stock market to drop

[sunny6301]

NO THEY DIDNT!!!!

Google Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

obviously someone used the boston bomber's head for the yellow shirt pic

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CMxbfMzU8AAYl6X.jpg:large

http://cdnph.upi.com/sh/th/upi/UPI-9241430981479/2015/6657dd041b9a780e90728983d2a8a87a/Jurors-hear-arguments-for-against-death-penalty-for-Boston-bomber.jpg

Edited August 19, 2015 by sunny6301

[simonuk]

This might rule out his arrival on an international flight. Doesn't immigration take pictures of everyone flying into the country?

Not just everyone flying into the country but also those arriving overland. Any smart terrorist is going to exploit weak security by coming in by the easiest means. If that means coming in by land rather than flying in, that's what they'll do. But since Thai immigration takes a picture at every land border, whether you are coming from Malaysia, Laos, Cambodia or Myanmar, I suspect it won't make a difference.

Seems pretty easy for low level thugs to smuggle people into the kingdom..

Fairly sure a terrorist group with money could secret someone across the border with no problems.

I think we all know that many Burmese cross the boarder near the triangle at will with no checks at all.

[simonuk]

IMHO, at both sides of this sketch, they could have been printing up to 2x 4 other, smaller sketches, like: without the glasses(!): the same, with flat combed hair, with short trimmed hair, with a shaven skull, with long straight hair (wig), with a beard, and a pair of the previous with glasses on.

When that guy would still be alive(?) and around, my guess(!) is he will have changed the apparence of his face, and he will avoid to 'take the pose' like for a photo shooting, and for the sight of him to 'ring a bell' in a blink-of-an-eye-long time, it would be important not to focus on his hair (doesn't it look like a wig?) or glasses, but the 'naked' parts of his face.

N.B.: Isn't it weird nor the driver of the tuk-tuk he came with, nor that of the motorbike taxi he left on, have come forward yet? Also no other driver, so it seems, while those guys are reknown for their piercing eyes. Even with a 1Million reward... Too scared, or might it be something else? Strange, really.

The m/c driver has come forward, having dropped the individual at the mouth of Silom Soi 9.

Thank you for the info, I was not aware of that when I wrote my reaction. I guess by now the police then knows whether the guy is Thai native, or not, considering the way he spoke Thai (or...?) with the driver, which could point in some direction about his origins...

If I was Thai and wanted to obscure my ID a little then simply speaking English and denying I spoke Thai would do the job...

[Thai at Heart]

Ben Elton did it. They have no idea who he is, his motives or where he comes from.... None.

[bangrak]

Thailand security vs United states security?

He can come and go into Thailand from his country very easily

This Kid is pro Muslim and everyone else are infidels like the 2 brothers views

His motivation is his "deranged acceptance approval" from DZ T and viewed/displayed with worldwide audience

*No, his motivation is not so the Thai stock market to drop

Very conjectural, or sheer BS, IMO...

[bangrak]

IMHO, at both sides of this sketch, they could have been printing up to 2x 4 other, smaller sketches, like: without the glasses(!): the same, with flat combed hair, with short trimmed hair, with a shaven skull, with long straight hair (wig), with a beard, and a pair of the previous with glasses on.

When that guy would still be alive(?) and around, my guess(!) is he will have changed the apparence of his face, and he will avoid to 'take the pose' like for a photo shooting, and for the sight of him to 'ring a bell' in a blink-of-an-eye-long time, it would be important not to focus on his hair (doesn't it look like a wig?) or glasses, but the 'naked' parts of his face.

N.B.: Isn't it weird nor the driver of the tuk-tuk he came with, nor that of the motorbike taxi he left on, have come forward yet? Also no other driver, so it seems, while those guys are reknown for their piercing eyes. Even with a 1Million reward... Too scared, or might it be something else? Strange, really.

The m/c driver has come forward, having dropped the individual at the mouth of Silom Soi 9.

Thank you for the info, I was not aware of that when I wrote my reaction. I guess by now the police then knows whether the guy is Thai native, or not, considering the way he spoke Thai (or...?) with the driver, which could point in some direction about his origins...

If I was Thai and wanted to obscure my ID a little then simply speaking English and denying I spoke Thai would do the job...

You're too clever,probably not native...

[bangrak]

IMHO, at both sides of this sketch, they could have been printing up to 2x 4 other, smaller sketches, like: without the glasses(!): the same, with flat combed hair, with short trimmed hair, with a shaven skull, with long straight hair (wig), with a beard, and a pair of the previous with glasses on.

When that guy would still be alive(?) and around, my guess(!) is he will have changed the apparence of his face, and he will avoid to 'take the pose' like for a photo shooting, and for the sight of him to 'ring a bell' in a blink-of-an-eye-long time, it would be important not to focus on his hair (doesn't it look like a wig?) or glasses, but the 'naked' parts of his face.

N.B.: Isn't it weird nor the driver of the tuk-tuk he came with, nor that of the motorbike taxi he left on, have come forward yet? Also no other driver, so it seems, while those guys are reknown for their piercing eyes. Even with a 1Million reward... Too scared, or might it be something else? Strange, really.

The m/c driver has come forward, having dropped the individual at the mouth of Silom Soi 9.

Thank you for the info, I was not aware of that when I wrote my reaction. I guess by now the police then knows whether the guy is Thai native, or not, considering the way he spoke Thai (or...?) with the driver, which could point in some direction about his origins...

If I was Thai and wanted to obscure my ID a little then simply speaking English and denying I spoke Thai would do the job...

You're too clever,probably not native...

[bangrak]

Thailand security vs United states security?

He can come and go into Thailand from his country very easily

This Kid is pro Muslim and everyone else are infidels like the 2 brothers views

His motivation is his "deranged acceptance approval" from DZ T and viewed/displayed with worldwide audience

*No, his motivation is not so the Thai stock market to drop

Sorry for the US BS, good, top, security would have been to avoid it happeniing, I know, as good as impossible, but the rest is just blah-blah, unfortunately!

[bangrak]

Beg you pardon guys, but the big contribution tonight came from 'richard_smith237' in #19, did you bother having a look at his link, guess not, don't say that's the guy, but looks quite close to me...

[bangrak]

IMHO, at both sides of this sketch, they could have been printing up to 2x 4 other, smaller sketches, like: without the glasses(!): the same, with flat combed hair, with short trimmed hair, with a shaven skull, with long straight hair (wig), with a beard, and a pair of the previous with glasses on.

When that guy would still be alive(?) and around, my guess(!) is he will have changed the apparence of his face, and he will avoid to 'take the pose' like for a photo shooting, and for the sight of him to 'ring a bell' in a blink-of-an-eye-long time, it would be important not to focus on his hair (doesn't it look like a wig?) or glasses, but the 'naked' parts of his face.

N.B.: Isn't it weird nor the driver of the tuk-tuk he came with, nor that of the motorbike taxi he left on, have come forward yet? Also no other driver, so it seems, while those guys are reknown for their piercing eyes. Even with a 1Million reward... Too scared, or might it be something else? Strange, really.

The m/c driver has come forward, having dropped the individual at the mouth of Silom Soi 9.

Thank you for the info, I was not aware of that when I wrote my reaction. I guess by now the police then knows whether the guy is Thai native, or not, considering the way he spoke Thai (or...?) with the driver, which could point in some direction about his origins...

If I was Thai and wanted to obscure my ID a little then simply speaking English and denying I spoke Thai would do the job...

Depends of the way you can pretendnot to be a native Thai speaker, of course, and how much the, experienced, motorcy driver falls for it, just speaking...

[bangrak]

what a flash in the brain of the RTP investigating team !!

After 3 days , they realice that there were 3 guys cooperating !!!

After 3 days - now they will start tomorrow, the 4th day to try to find another motorcy driver who drive one of the other !!

Ask a Thai motorcy driver what was before 4 days !!!

Good luck, flashlighted RTP !!

Obviously, you don't know the guys, they have a memory your luxury Apple doesn't get even near to. But, probably, you're a new kid around the block here...

[bangrak]

OMG, when that's the kind of stuff of comments we can get, it's really high time I get a plunge in the pool and apologize to my wife for wasting my time with some bonobos, apologies to the reasonable contributors, this is getting as weird as with the 'other paper''s site in its earlier days...

[abitmiffed]

If only they did this drawing of the running man on koh Tao I think things would be a whole lot different.

As for this dude I really hope they catch him and give him some Thainess.

[kiwikeith]

Well if he's Thai or Chinese he must have been working on that stubble for a month ....

And they have made his hair style Thaiish as well, to me doesn' look much like the CCTV Footage unless they no more about him.

[PM1]

Sorry I do not buy into this falang rubbish... Thais did this

[RasiMike]

From the police sketch... I think he looks Asian....do you agree?

From the sketch - could be western/Thai, mid east or any combination. It's impossible to tell how accurate the drawing is.

The report says 'foreigner' but I agree, the image could be interpreted as Asian. My wife just saw the image on TV and said "looks like Thai kid".