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Sat, 03/06/2010 - 18:28
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Suspect on inciting unrest surrenders to police
BANGKOK, March 6 (TNA) -- Pornwat Thongtanaboon, alias, K-Thong, a close associate of ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s staunch supporter Maj-Gen Khattiya Sawasdipol, surrendered to Crime Suppression Division (CSD) police Saturday after a warrant for his arrest was issued earlier on charges of using electronic media to incite unrest and threatening the public.
The arrest warrant was issued following the appearance of his video clip uploaded on the YouTube.com website February 26. In the video, he talked about bombings and chaos which might take place in Bangkok--one day before the February 27 bombing incidents at Bangkok Bank branches in the capital and suburban Samut Prakan province.
Escorted to CSD headquarters by Gen. Khattiya, or Seh Deang, Mr Pornwat told journalists before being questioned by investigators that he was holding an astrology programme on that day for about three to four hours but the video-clip which was aired was only 2.04 minutes long.
He claimed that the clip was definitely edited from which he had uploaded and he denied police charges against him. The investigation is still continuing.
During his surrender to the police, investigators searched an army van that had taken Gen Khattiya and Mr Pornwat to the CSD and found seven pistols, 47 cartridges and a knife inside the vehicle.
However, Gen. Khattiya said the weapons and ammunition were legal. (TNA)
The arrest warrant was issued following the appearance of his video clip uploaded on the YouTube.com website February 26. In the video, he talked about bombings and chaos which might take place in Bangkok--one day before the February 27 bombing incidents at Bangkok Bank branches in the capital and suburban Samut Prakan province.
Escorted to CSD headquarters by Gen. Khattiya, or Seh Deang, Mr Pornwat told journalists before being questioned by investigators that he was holding an astrology programme on that day for about three to four hours but the video-clip which was aired was only 2.04 minutes long.
He claimed that the clip was definitely edited from which he had uploaded and he denied police charges against him. The investigation is still continuing.
During his surrender to the police, investigators searched an army van that had taken Gen Khattiya and Mr Pornwat to the CSD and found seven pistols, 47 cartridges and a knife inside the vehicle.
However, Gen. Khattiya said the weapons and ammunition were legal. (TNA)
