A Pakistani and 2 others detained in Malaysia for Bangkok blast case

“Police have arrested three individuals, including a Pakistani national, whom police believe can shed some light into the Bangkok bombing incident”.

The suspects denied when investigators confronted them.

“Malaysia conducted an investigation based on our information”. As a preliminary step, they have arrested suspects who are allegedly involved in illegal human smuggling. This group brings people in illegally.

The police chief said his team are still trying to determine the main suspect’s whereabouts after Thai authorities suggested the bomber could have crossed Thailand’s southern border into Malaysia. However, none of the suspects have admitted their involvement in the Bangkok explosion, which injured 120 people and killed 20 people, including 14 foreigners, seven of whom were from Hong Kong and mainland China. Police have not been fully able to establish Abudusataer’s role in the August 17 attack but believe he is part of a network tied to the bombing, Prawut said.

Jiang and her companion, a Chinese man, were detained at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi global Airport last Thursday while trying to leave the country, said Maj.

Thai police had searched “tens of places”, General Prawut told journalists yesterday.

The IGP was quoted as saying, “We are working together with our Thai counterparts”.

Many issues, including feasibility study, detailed route design, engineering, procurement and construction, and financing have been discussed during the two-day talks which ended on Saturday here in Bangkok, sources from the Chinese embassy in Thailand said.

Thailand recently found itself in the spotlight following its forced repatriation of more than 100 Uighurs to China.

The Uighur issue is sensitive for the Thai government and any link between the bombing and their deportation at China’s behest could expose it to criticism that its foreign policy may have resulted in the blast.

Uighurs, an ethnic minority in western China, are related to Turks, and Turkey is home to a large Uighur community. “We destroyed their business, which caused anger”, he said.