AW: Die Schlacht hat begonnen - unbemerkt von der Masse
Maj-General Khattiya Sawasdipol (AKA Sae Daeng) befindet sich mit sieben seiner Gefolgsleute weiter im Gewahrsam der Crime Suppression Devision (CSD). Die Gebaeude der CSD werden seitdem von 3 Kompanien der Anti Riot Police bewacht, um Unruhen durch Anhaenger von Sae Dang und seinen Begleitern zu vermeiden.
Sae Daeng gilt bei einigen Beobachtern als der Kopf des militaerischen Fluegels der UDD - waehrend sich die UDD offiziell von ihm und Gen. Pallot distanziert. Die Wahrheit kennt wohl nur Lord Buddha :
BANGKOK: -- He used to be an exclusive headache for the Army. But after his "arrest" on Saturday along with seven cohorts, Maj-General Khattiya Sawasdipol has become a hot potato for the government, police and the court. A controversial bunch arrested under controversial circumstances at a controversial moment, the group has been eyed with extreme mistrust ahead of the upcoming red-shirt rally, not least because one of its member had gone on YouTube making thinly-veiled threats of terrorism.
Having them in police custody may ease anxiety, but the question is, how long can the authorities keep them locked up? Khattiya will launch another bid to bail his group out today, and all eyes will be on what decisions the police and the court make. Maj-General Khattiya, better known as "Seh Daeng", and his seven aides, including suspected instigator of violence Pornwat "K Thong" Thongthanaboon, remained in custody for a second day pending completion of their statements.
Khattiya yesterday sought but failed to receive a temporary release on grounds of failing to post the required bond. His lawyer is expected to reapply for bail at a court hearing on remand today. He also tried but failed to contact Central Investigation Bureau commissioner Lt-General Thangai Prasajaksattru to intervene in the bail review on his behalf. Khattiya's bondsman tried to post a land title deed estimated to be worth Bt900,000 as bond for the eight suspects as their detention occurred over the weekend. But police set the bail demand at a title deed worth more than Bt200,000 - or Bt100,000 in cash - per suspect. Aside from Khattiya and Pornwat, other suspects detained are Suwapat Chantima, Mongkol Saraphan, Chakcharas Kongsuwan, Rerngrit Tumthongkham, Charan Loypoon and Suwit Sirirak.
About three companies of anti-riot officers were deployed to keep the peace at the Crime Suppression Division, where the suspects were being detained.
Police detained the eight on suspicion of two key violations - attempts to instigate violence aimed at unrest and a climate of fear, and uploading false information into the computer system. Pornwat is the prime suspect who faced with a warrant of arrest after he uploaded a video on YouTube that threatened violence and mayhem. The group's arrest took place under ambiguous circumstances, reflecting the controversial characteristics of Khattiya, who had managed to be a free man until Saturday despite making clear and indirect threats against Army chief Anupong Paochinda and others.
On Saturday Khattiya paid a visit to the CSD office to inquire about the progress of a police report on his charges relating to the discovery of assault weapons at his home. Before he left, police asked his permission to take a look inside his van. He agreed and took police to the vehicle - where they found Pornwat - and the group was detained as a result. After the arrest, Khattiya claimed he took Pornwat, a wanted man after the YouTube stunt, to the CSD to give himself up. But Khattiya's face that turned grim immediately after the arrest gave himself away. While Khattiya's motives of visiting the CSD were unclear, his shocked expression after Pornwat was taken seemed to belie his claims that Pornwat was on the verge of surrendering himself.
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Ob diese Massnahme einen friedlichen Verlauf der Demonstrationen foerdert - wage ich zu bezweifeln.