Iran urged to hand over women linked to explosions
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Authorities are urging their Iranian counterparts to send over the two women who were allegedly linked to the Valentine's Day explosions in Bangkok to face criminal charges, Deputy PM Yuthasak Sasiprapha said yesterday.
However, he said, Tehran has not responded yet. Yuthasak did not provide details on the identities of the two women, nor did he confirm if one of them was Leila Rohani, who has been heavily linked with telling evidence produced by police and is now reportedly in Iran.
Yuthasak said Malaysia had allowed the Thai side to interview Masoud Sedaghatzadeh, one of five identified suspects.
“Malaysia has not denied to hand this suspect over to us,” he added, referring to reports that Malaysian authorities would “take care of Sedaghatzadeh” themselves.
He said police had obtained more evidence on the suspects, including a recording of phone conversations with a group of suspects based in India.
DNA test results also showed that two of them – Saeid Moradi, who lost both legs to grenades that backfired, and Mohammad Hazai – were in a rented house in Bangkok where the first accidental explosion occurred on February 14.
Senior police commander Pol MajGeneral Phisit Phisutsak said officers would be penalised if they can’t find some footage from security cameras, especially since an extra 6,000 cameras were installed at the request of the Metropolitan Police Bureau.
There are currently 17,000 units installed throughout the capital.
