Police to announce arrest of 'Bangkok bomber'

[oldsailor35]

BREAKING: Police to Announce Arrest of 'Bangkok Bomber'

By Khaosod English

CCTV photos of alleged Bangkok bomber at the Erawan Shrine.

BANGKOK — Police will soon announce the arrest of the “yellow shirted man,” the prime suspect in the deadly bombing of the Erawan Shrine earlier this month, according to a reporter from the Bangkok Post.

In a message posted to Twitter, Wassana Nanuam said the arrest happened in Sa Kaeo province near the border with Cambodia, citing Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha as her source.

According to Wassana, Gen. Prayuth said the suspect is a foreigner.

Meanwhile TNN news reports that a televised adress will be given by police spokesman Prawuth Tharownsiri at 3:30pm.

Full story http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.php?newsid=1441094842

-- Khaosod English 2015-09-01

great, now I want a finger pointing photo please

I reckon that this is Nomsod in a yellow T shirt.

[pmugghc]

Having read all the fanciful and the not so fanciful theories from every private eye in this thread I have come to the conclusion that maybe, just maybe he is a just a Chinese tourist with a legitimate passport on his way to Pattaya to go to the Floating Market and check out Soi 8. Not every Chinese tourist has to come to Thailand in group led by a flag waving leader. So what has he got in his bag apart from his undies and a spare shirt. Does he have a yellow shirt with writing on it. He doesn't even look like the man it is supposed to be and the whole process looks too relaxed. The authorities have produced nothing in the way of evidence that he is the bomber. All they say is that they have "got him" and that "he is the man". Where have we heard that before.

Are you serious? This must be some sarcasm. So we have this guy, somehow getting bounced in Cambodia (there are variations in the reports), being pushed back into Thailand and arrested. Does that sound like a normal Chinese tourist? I think not!

[cookee68]

Lots of ifs and butts at the moment

[LannaGuy]

good they did not arrest everybody with a yellow shirt ...

that, my dear fellow, is a matter of opinion

[zackattack]

Throw his ass under the jail after he has been in their with bubba the love sooner. Than we will see how he walks.

[Tonawatchee]

Like to get a gander at his face without the shades. Can get a better comparison to the wanted poster.

[LarryBird]

As another has mentioned, interesting that one of the most wanted criminals in the whole world is apprehended and left to roam without handcuffs. Bizarre.

[MrTee]

CSI LA posted an image of number 2 along with some of the E-Fit images..

IMHO, there is a remarkable likeness.

[k9guy62]

Great job by the Royal Thai Police, our confidence in you is restored. Keep up the good work and stay safe out there.

[tukkytuktuk]

The man was detained around noon trying to cross into Cambodia from the Thai countryside, away from towns or roads. Quoted from many news articles on the net.

Who saw him crossing and captured him? Why was he transfered by helicopter to Bangkok so quickly? Was he on a wanted list? I suspect he must have had something to connect him to the other suspects arrested recently.

[Nickymaster]

Now turns out this guy was actually arrested in Cambodia on Monday

and only handed over at border today

So where does this put those crawlers who are congratulating the RTP. Looks like the congrats have to go to the Cambodians.

There is one paper that says that they heard from a source that the guy was sent back from Cambodia. That is The BP indeed. All other Thai papers (including Cambodian) and the RTP and army say he was caught in Thailand.

CNN said he was caught in Thailand.

[pmugghc]

Having read all the fanciful and the not so fanciful theories from every private eye in this thread I have come to the conclusion that maybe, just maybe he is a just a Chinese tourist with a legitimate passport on his way to Pattaya to go to the Floating Market and check out Soi 8. Not every Chinese tourist has to come to Thailand in group led by a flag waving leader. So what has he got in his bag apart from his undies and a spare shirt. Does he have a yellow shirt with writing on it. He doesn't even look like the man it is supposed to be and the whole process looks too relaxed. The authorities have produced nothing in the way of evidence that he is the bomber. All they say is that they have "got him" and that "he is the man". Where have we heard that before.

Here is one version:

"Soldiers spotted the man while patrolling near the border in Aranyaprathet. He was walking alone through the brush in Ban Dong Ngu village of Pa Rai sub-district headed toward Cambodia. "

Well yeah, "I was just on my way to the Floating Market in Pattaya", right?

[attento]

What is the true story behind the report of this Chinese citizen having to bribe immigration officials to gain entry to Thailand ?

Chinese citizens are entitled to a 15 day tourism visa-on-arrival.

Right or wrong ?

I think that was the guy in the apartment (with a fake Turkey passport), not the guy the got today.

OK. I didn't realise that. So, the immigration people recognised it as a fake Turkish document ?

If so, he's unlikely to be anything to do with the bombing gang. Those sorts of people are usually too smart to take a risk with obviously dodgy documents.

Turkish citizens with a valid passport (or a 1st class fake!) can have a 30 day tourism visa-on-arrival, so what was this guy's motive for trying it on with a dodgy document?

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

Notwithstanding the headline of this thread proclaiming this guy IS the Erawan bomber, the transcript of the police spokesman's televised announcement around dinner time today has Thavornsiri claiming the arrested guy is a key member of the bombing network, but pointedly stopping short of claiming he's the actual Erawan bomber.

So it would seem, we've kind of got the PM saying one thing, and the police spokesman going in a different direction -- at least for now.

Kind of similar to the initial reports about the original arrest over the weekend, the very initial reports suggesting they had THE bomber, and later backing off to just say they had one of the group.

[AGLV0121]

His passport shows he is from XinJiang province which incidentally is where Uighurs live.

Edited September 1, 2015 by AGLV0121

[pmugghc]

What is the true story behind the report of this Chinese citizen having to bribe immigration officials to gain entry to Thailand ?

Chinese citizens are entitled to a 15 day tourism visa-on-arrival.

Right or wrong ?

I think that was the guy in the apartment (with a fake Turkey passport), not the guy the got today.

OK. I didn't realise that. So, the immigration people recognised it as a fake Turkish document ?

If so, he's unlikely to be anything to do with the bombing gang. Those sorts of people are usually too smart to take a risk with obviously dodgy documents.

Turkish citizens with a valid passport (or a 1st class fake!) can have a 30 day tourism visa-on-arrival, so what was this guy's motive for trying it on with a dodgy document?

To be honest they (the suspects) don't strike me as the brightest shining stars in the sky. Like the guy they got today, walking through the jungle:

"Soldiers spotted the man while patrolling near the border in Aranyaprathet. He was walking alone through the brush in Ban Dong Ngu village of Pa Rai sub-district headed toward Cambodia. "

All our resident TVF experts had predicted he'd be out of Thailand right after the bombing. Why did the guy in the apartments still have bomb-making equipment?

My take is that they aren't very smart!

[Jingthing]

His passport shows he is from XinJiang province which incidentally is where Uighurs live.

Yes we know that already but in case anyone is left that hasn't picked up on that important fact yet ... there you go.

[Thai at Heart]

What is the true story behind the report of this Chinese citizen having to bribe immigration officials to gain entry to Thailand ?

Chinese citizens are entitled to a 15 day tourism visa-on-arrival.

Right or wrong ?

I think that was the guy in the apartment (with a fake Turkey passport), not the guy the got today.

OK. I didn't realise that. So, the immigration people recognised it as a fake Turkish document ?

If so, he's unlikely to be anything to do with the bombing gang. Those sorts of people are usually too smart to take a risk with obviously dodgy documents.

Turkish citizens with a valid passport (or a 1st class fake!) can have a 30 day tourism visa-on-arrival, so what was this guy's motive for trying it on with a dodgy document?

To be honest they (the suspects) don't strike me as the brightest shining stars in the sky. Like the guy they got today, walking through the jungle:

"Soldiers spotted the man while patrolling near the border in Aranyaprathet. He was walking alone through the brush in Ban Dong Ngu village of Pa Rai sub-district headed toward Cambodia. "

All our resident TVF experts had predicted he'd be out of Thailand right after the bombing. Why did the guy in the apartments still have bomb-making equipment?

My take is that they aren't very smart!

Coz they reckoned either the cops were two dumb to find them, they didn't care or they thought some group somewhere was looking out for them inside the bureaucracy.

[Nickymaster]

Police: the suspect held today is a key suspect. He fled the apt on Aug29 and was caught in Sakaew near THA-Cambodia border. #NationTV

[zaZa9]

Who is the other guy then that they paraded around all the time. I am confused now.

I am not one to defend the Thai police on consistency matters, but in this case they have always maintained the guy arrested on saturday was 'just' linked to the bombing and that he was not the yellow shirted bomber himself.

No, not always. For a few hours they were saying he was the bomber; even Reuters reported then as saying he "matched the description of a man who left a bag at the site of a Bangkok blast that killed 20 people nearly two weeks ago."

This new guy was carrying a Chinese passport - lends weight to the Uighur theory...

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His passport is from Xinjiang , also known as the 'Xinjiang-Uyghur Autonomous Region'

From Wiki -

Demographics • Ethnic

composition

• 45.84% Uyghur
• 40.48% Han
• 6.50% Kazakh
• 4.51% Hui
• 2.67% Other

• Languages

and dialects

• Uyghur (official)^[3]
• Mandarin(official)
• Kazakh
• Kyrgyz
• Oirat
• Mongolian
• 43 other languages

ISO 3166 code CN-65

But of course - he could have been walking to Pattaya and a little bit lost ,,,,

Edited September 1, 2015 by zaZa9

[MrTee]

CSI LA "According to bombing suspect's phone records, the investigator found that he was at Erawan Shrine during a time of bombing."

Apparently from here -> http://www.khaosodonline.com/view_newsonline.php?newsid=1441116117

Edited September 1, 2015 by MrTee

[Jingthing]

Won't CHINA want a piece of him?

[tukkytuktuk]

His passport shows he is from XinJiang province which incidentally is where Uighurs live.

No shit Sherlock, you get a sheriff's badge for that one.

[Aroi88]

It would appear Sa Kaeo immigration is a major gateway for illegal movements - the suspect arrested the other day alleged that he came in that way, resulting in six Immigration officers from Sa Kaeo have been transferred to inactive posts, now the alleged bomber was trying to get out that way...

I must say though, he looks taller and thinner than the yellow shirt guy...

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Thailands most wanted man why is he not in handcuffs?

My thoughts also...Why no handcuffs????

Maybe ankle cuffs.

But even if unrestrained don't think he can outrun bullets.

[fish fingers]

problem is we just don't know how honest the cops are being

Alot of thais I've spoken to aren't very convinced by this second arrest

[Jingthing]

If it's true he was trying to cross the border illegally ... I doubt it was for the employment opportunities in Cambodia ...

[ddavidovsky]

To be honest they (the suspects) don't strike me as the brightest shining stars in the sky. Like the guy they got today, walking through the jungle:

"Soldiers spotted the man while patrolling near the border in Aranyaprathet. He was walking alone through the brush in Ban Dong Ngu village of Pa Rai sub-district headed toward Cambodia. "

All our resident TVF experts had predicted he'd be out of Thailand right after the bombing. Why did the guy in the apartments still have bomb-making equipment?

My take is that they aren't very smart!

Definitely a shoddy operation. Theory is that the blue shirt guy at the pier was on his way to plant the bomb at Asiatique, but got stuck in the traffic and got there late (as you do). Obviously there was no conginency plan for that, and with the bomb at Erawan already gone off, he had to abort and desperately ditch the second bomb in the river. Presumably that bomb wasn't detonated but went off accidentally.

Both bombers managed to get caught in the act on camera - you would think they would have surveyed where the cameras are to avoid that.

Now there's this guy scrambing about conspicuously near the border (in broad daylight?).

Bunch of amateurs.

[Jingthing]

Well, amateurs perhaps, but they sure "succeeded" better than the Iranian guy in Bangkok who blew his own legs off!

[ThaiWai]

Nice to know waterboarding still yields fruit

[Aroi88]

Guy does not look like guy in yellow shirt TIT

Looks the yellow shirt to me.

Body posture and language the same.

Face and height different but those can be disguised.