Gen Paiboon said yesterday (Sept 4) that Amlo chief Seehanat Prayoonrat revealed that Amlo has been examining the financial movements of all the suspects who have been detained and are still sought on arrest warrants.
The information will help Amlo identify where the suspectsʼ money came from, Gen Paiboon said. But he would not reveal more details of the financial investigations.
It is now up to Amlo to consider freezing and seizing the assets of the suspects, the minister said.
Gen Paiboon said he has instructed Amlo and the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) to closely follow the bombing case and provide police with any information they find.
Pol Col Seehanat said he had been working closely with security agencies to support their investigation into the case.
Sources at the Central Investigation Bureau earlier said all suspects who have been detained or are still sought on arrest warrants are believed to have links with Uighur smuggling rings.
The sources believe the trafficking rings use Thailand as a jump-off point for Turkey-bound migrants.
National police chief Somyot Poompunmuang also indicated on Thursday (Sept 3) that those who had lost out as a result of a government crackdown on human trafficking may be involved in the blasts.
Police and soldiers on Tuesday (Sept 1) arrested another suspect allegedly involved in the bombings at his house in tambon Pasemas in Narathiwat's Sungai Kolok district.
Security sources said the man, identified as 38-year-old Kamarudeng Sahoh, is a key member of a human trafficking network smuggling Rohingya and Uighurs from Myanmar to Thailand.
The arrest was made under martial law. The man was taken for further questioning at the 11th Army Circle in Bangkok.
Deputy national police chief Chakthip Chaijinda, who leads the investigation into the bombings, yesterday said he believed another suspect identified as Yusufu Mieralli, 25, is a key figure. The man was detained in Sa Kaeo on Sept 1.
“Iʼll question him myself. Yusufu Mieraili is the key,” Pol Gen Chakthip said.
Meanwhile, soldiers and police yesterday raided DIC Graphics Co on the 20th floor of the Sermitr Tower building in Soi Sukhumvit 21 in the Asok area following a tip-off that the company might be linked to seven containers holding chemical liquid found at a rented house in Soi Raj Uthit 34.
Col Burin Thongprapai, an officer of the Judge Advocate-General's Department, said the containers bear the name of the company which produces printing ink, prompting authorities to investigate any possible links.
Initial checks found nothing suspicious, he said, adding that the company also said it imports many containers from several countries, including Japan and Pakistan.
National Council for Peace and Order spokesman Winthai Suvaree yesterday said initial checks found the suspicious liquid was a precursor in narcotics production, not chemicals used in making bombs.
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