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Townhouse raid nets war weapons
By THE NATION
Published on May 4, 2010
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A predawn raid by an Army-police team on a Soi Onnuj 17 townhouse in Bangkok's Suan Luang district yesterday found war weapons and Molotov cocktails allegedly linked to the red-shirt demonstrations, Department of Special Investigation chief Tharit Pengdit said.
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<!-- Google Dtail Ads --> The DSI team said two occupants were responsible for shooting at an Army helicopter - injuring a soldier on board - while distributing leaflets for red-shirt demonstrators at the Phan Fa Bridge on April 10. They have allegedly been lying low in the house since.
Two suspects - Surachai Nilsopa, 33, and Chatree Srijinda, 28 - were arrested in the raid and taken to the Centre for the Resolution of Emergency Situation for questioning.
Authorities also seized an M16 rifle along with 480 rounds of ammunition, a carbine-1 rifle with 115 rounds, five AKA rifles along with 247 rounds, three M67 grenades, five M26 grenades, four M79 grenades, 20 giant firecrackers, 18 shotgun cartridges, several |slingshots along with glass beads, 107 Molotov cocktails and items with red-shirt symbols, as well as a Honda Civic car with fake licence plates.
The evidence is being submitted to forensic tests, Tharit said, adding that the weapons and the red-shirt symbols initially convinced authorities of the links to the Democratic Alliance against Dictatorship (DAAD) demonstration.
DAAD co-leader Natthawut Saikua, commenting on the arrests, said red-shirt guidelines prevented demonstrators from using weapons. But if the arrests showed clear evidence of wrongdoing, then the case should proceed in accordance with legal procedures.
However, he said anyone trying to say this was the DAAD's doing would have to have evidence.
His group had nothing to do with the arms cache, and the two suspects' names were not on the list of
DAAD guards.
Natthawut also said they found a Facebook profile of a person with the same name - Surachai Nilsopa - with material opposing the House dissolution and ousted prime minister
Thaksin Shinawatra.
Natthawut also took the opportunity to call for the DSI to investigate the death of 21 civilians in the April 10 clash between soldiers and red-shirt demonstrators.