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| Thailand's police gave themselves an $84,000 reward for Bangkok bombing tips |
| 2015-09-01 |
[WASHINGTONPOST] On Saturday, police in Thailand placed in durance vileDrop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un! a man in connection with the Aug. 17 bombing in central Bangkok, which killed at least 20 people and left more than 120 injured. A reward had been offered for tips in the case, according to the News Agency that Dare Not be Named. But national police chief Somyot Poompanmoung said authorities didn't get any outside tips. So that reward money, which equaled about $84,000? Thai police collected it for themselves. "Give me the bag," Somyot said at a Monday news conference, the AP reported. According to the news agency: "This is real money," the police chief said with a smile. He went on to say that Saturday's arrest was thanks to "good police work" and had not come from any outside tips. "It is the ability of Thai officials that led to the arrest," he said. "This money should be given to officials who did their job." A foreigner was taken into custody on Saturday, though his suspected role in the bombing at the Erawan Shrine remains somewhat unclear. The AP notes that the man, whose name was not released, "may not even be the prime suspect." On Monday, police released images of two more suspects, a man and a woman. Somyot said part of the reward money came from him, while the rest was donated by his "businessmen friends who do not want to be named," Agence La Belle France-Presse reported. |
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