Seh Daeng’s aide arrested
Published: 18/05/2010 at 01:11 PM
Online news: Politics
Pichet Sukjindathong, the right-hand man of the late Maj-Gen Khattiya Sawasdipol, or Seh Daeng, has been arrested, the Centre for the Resolution of the Emergency Situation (CRES) announced on Tuesday.
The CRES believes Mr Pichet is one of the people behind the many clashes between red-shirt guards and government forces.
Mr Pichet is being held for interrogation at a detention centre at Klong 5 in Pathum Thani province.
The CRES called on members of the mass media and the people in general to send pictures and video clips of the violence to police, so that wrongdoers could be arrested.
The centre stressed that police and soldiers would not use their weapons against unarmed civilians, but would use them to counter armed attacks by terrorists.
The centre described United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) co-leader Natthawut Saikua as one of the major terrorist figures.
Maj-Gen Khattiya, a highly controversial and hardline red-shirt supporter, died on Monday morning after being shot in the head by a sniper last Thursday.
*Bron: Bangkok Post / www.bangkokpost.com *