Police chief plays down attack on Thai Rath
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The weekend attack at the offices of Thai Rath newspaper was instigated by a "third party" but not aimed at hurting anyone, Metropolitan Police Bureau chief Pol Lt-General Khamronwit Thoopkrachang said yesterday.
The attacker merely wanted to stir things up and make it appear to be a political issue, he suggested.
The security box in front of the newspaper’s offices in Chatuchak district had been subjected to a firecracker and petanque-ball attack early Saturday morning.
Siroj Mingkwan, president of the Crime Reporters and Photographers Association of Thailand, said the attack looked to be of criminal intent.
