NSC: Reds did train in Cambodia

Published: 12/10/2010

via CAAI

The National Security Council has confirmed that a group of red-shirts did train in Cambodia to assassinate high-profile politicians.

"The information released by the Department of Special Investigation about the 11 detained red-shirts confessing that they took part in arms training in the neighbouring country is true," NSC secretary-general Thawil Pliensri said on Tuesday. "But we are not making any accusation against Cambodia."

The 11 suspects, who supported the anti-government movement led by the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), were arrested in Chiang Mai on Oct 2 and are being held without charge under the witness protection programme.

Mr Thawil also the police had transferred to the DSI the case involving the deadly explosion in an apartment in Nonthaburi last Tuesday. Four people died in the acciderntal blast, including the suspected bombmaker,

"There's a possibility the explosion could be politically motivated but we'll have to wait for the DSI to finish the investigation first," he said.

On the Thai-Burma border closure, he said there were many problems at the border and Burma was working on its internal trade regulations and establishing an industrial zone.

"I don't think the construction of an embankment [on the river] is the main reason Burma closed the border," he said.