Former aides to Thaksin told to report to CNS
Four close aides of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra were summoned yesterday to report to the Council of National Security (CNS), junta chief General Sonthi Boonyaratglin said.
The four would be asked questions about the blasts on Sunday, Sonthi said."We are not blaming any of them for involvement in the bombings, but have called them to share their opinions and experiences," he said during a press conference shortly after he flew back from Saudi Arabia. Former prime minister's secretary Dr Prommin Lertsuridej; former deputy prime minister Police General Chidchai Vanasatidya; former director of the National Intelligence Agency Police General Chumphol Manmai; and a senior policeman attached to the PM's Office Police Lt General Chalor Chuwong were reportedly told to report to the junta. However, none of the four men went to the authorities yesterday. Prommin said it was an inconvenient time to see the military, so he had contacted General Saprang Kalyanamitr, the CNS deputy secretary-general and assistant Army commander, to postpone the meeting. The others said they had yet to be contacted by the junta. Sonthi said the junta planned to summon a number of "experienced" people for questioning.
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