Jomsap arrested, but alleged accomplice absconds

Her friend Suriya Nuancharoen, who is also wanted in relation to the alleged plot, absconded but his wife said he would turn himself in after a few days.
On Friday, police obtained warrants from the Nakhon Phanom Provincial Court to arrest Jomsap and Suriya.
Ten investigators from the Sakon Nakhon police head office arrived at Jomsap’s house in Ban Muang Khai in Sakon Nakhon province’s Khok Sri Suphan district at 8am.
Initially, Jomsap did not emerge but her daughter said she was getting dressed. Jomsap finally went out to meet police about half an hour later.
She was arrested and taken to Khok Sri Suphan Police Station before being transferred to the Nakhon Phanom police head office.
After she was taken to Nakhon Phanom at 12.21pm, Jomsap refused to give any comments to the army of reporters waiting there.
During the interrogation by police, Jomsap denied all charges against her.
At the same time in the morning, another team of police officers from Mukdahan and Cha-uh district police station went to Suriya’s house but did not find him there.
His wife told police that the teacher wanted a few days to prepare himself and then he would surrender.
Jomsap was initially convicted and jailed for the road accident that killed Lua Phorbumrung in Nakhon Phanom province on March 11, 2005. She was convicted by the Supreme Court in 2013 and when she was released after serving 18 months of her sentence, she claimed she was innocent. 
Her claim gained credence after Sap Wapi came forward to claim responsibility for the accident. The Court of Appeals ordered a review of evidence to determine whether her case should be retried. 
The Supreme Court, however, threw out Jomsap’s request for a retrial on November 17 on the grounds that the new evidence she had submitted was not convincing, even though the Justice Ministry pointed out that new forensic evidence showed her vehicle had never crashed. Instead, the court pointed to the plot to hire Sap to take the blame in Jomsap’s place.
In a related development, the Nakhon Phanom Provincial Court approved a police request to detain Sap and his wife, Chan Wapi, for 12 days pending a further investigation that they had committed perjury to help Jomsap.