The scars of captivity

By Robert V.
Posted in Background, Society
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October 9, 2024

Wasana Busadee's world changed dramatically when she innocently ended up behind bars for over two years. What began as a simple favor for an acquaintance turned into a nightmare of despair and injustice. Although she is now free, the scars of her captivity remain visible. Her story reveals a painful reality within the Thai justice system.

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With the arrest of a 62-year-old Thai, the police think they have caught the main suspect of the bombing at the Phra Mongkutklao military hospital on May 22. In his home in Bangkok, police found pipe bombs, PVC pipes and screws.

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A suspected politically motivated attack on Monday morning in the waiting room for officers of the Phra Mongkutklao military hospital in Ratchathewi, Bangkok, injured 25 people.

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The number of people injured in the bomb attacks on Tuesday afternoon at the Big C in southern Thailand has now risen to 61, many of them children. Police are examining CCTV footage to identify the four perpetrators.

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Thousands of Facebook users were shocked on Tuesday evening by the 'Facebook safety check' triggered by fake news. A series of reports about a bomb explosion in Bangkok caused the feature to go on.

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In Tuesday's Bangkok Post, the newspaper describes the uncertainty about the bomb threat that would apply at the end of this month. Deputy Chief Commissioner Srivara previously announced plans to carry out car bomb attacks in or around Bangkok.

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The struggle of Muslim separatists in the deep south of Thailand seems to be hardening. On Tuesday morning, a bomb attack at a primary school in Tak Bai (Narathiwat) killed three people, including a father and his 5-year-old daughter. Nine persons were injured.

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Train traffic to the south of Thailand has been halted after a heavy bomb attack seriously damaged the train from Bangkok to Sungai Kolok last Saturday.

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Suspicions that the bombing at the Erawan shrine in August was revenge for the deportation of Uyghurs from Thailand to China have been strengthened by the arrest of a Uyghur in Indonesia.

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Now that Adem Karadag's lawyer also confirms that he has indeed confessed to having committed the bomb attack at the Erawan Shrine, the case seems to have been resolved, although the motive remains a mystery.

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Although the police assumed that the perpetrator of the deadly bomb attack in Bangkok has fled to Malaysia, the Bangkok Post writes that Karadag, who was arrested on August 29, is probably the 'man in yellow'.

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Thailand's national police chief links the deadly attack in Bangkok to Uyghur people smuggling between China and Turkey. According to Somyot, a group of people smugglers is responsible. She wanted revenge because their lucrative trade was stopped by the Thai police.

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Police in Malaysia have arrested two suspects in connection with the Erawan shrine bombing.

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Now that Yusufi Miraili, one of the suspects in the August 17 bombing in Bangkok, has confessed that he gave the backpack containing the bomb to the attacker, the hunt for the mastermind behind the attack is on. Thailand has asked Interpol to track down the man.

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Bangkok police have issued an arrest warrant for 27-year-old Abudureheman Abudusataer from China's Xinjiang province

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Yusufu Mieraili, 25, who was detained at the Cambodian border, has confessed to manufacturing the bomb used at the Erawan shrine. Yet he says he did not plant the bomb. He merely handed it over to the man in the yellow shirt who detonated the bomb.

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Bangkok police appear to be looking for a new suspect. This person is said to have shared the room with Adem Karadak, also known as Bilal Mohammed, who was arrested earlier in Nong Chok.

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There are strong suspicions that the bombings at Erawan Shrine and Sathon Pier were perpetrated by gangs smuggling Uyghurs from China to Turkey via Thailand.

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There seems to be a clear Turkish link between the Erawan shrine bombing and the possible perpetrators. This is evident, among other things, from a new arrest warrant for a Turkish citizen.

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A man who closely resembles the prime suspect in the Bangkok bombing at the Erawan shrine has been arrested. The man was spotted by soldiers patrolling the border. The suspect was planning to cross the border into Cambodia at Ban Pa Rai in Aranyaprathet district (Sa Kaeo province).

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A remarkable step by the police in Bangkok. The case of the Erawan shrine bombing has not yet been solved, no suspect has been convicted yet, but the reward for the golden tip has already been offered: to the police!

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Bangkok bombing: Thai woman wanted

By Editorial
Posted in News from Thailand
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31 August 2015

Thai authorities are looking for a Thai woman after materials were found in her apartment in Min Buri. Police believe she is involved in the bombings at Erawan shrine and Sathon pier. She would be part of a group that may have planned more attacks.

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