We don't know lawyer in VCD : Thawatchai's family
The family of the lone suspect in the assassination attempt said on Tuesday they did not know the lawyer whom the police claimed to represent the suspect in the VCD recorded during the police interview.
On Monday, police investigators showed a 13.09minute-VCD recording of the police questioning session in which the suspect said he did not know that the car he drove was loaded with explosive devices. He also apologised to the public and premier for causing a disturbance.The suspect was seen sitting at a table, flanked by police officers. Police identified one of them as a lawyer representing the suspect. Thawatchai's wife, Sangworn and his elder brother, Sgt Apipon, visited the suspect who is in custody at Crime Suppression Bureau. Sangworn refused to talk to the media, but the family distributed their second complaint, which Sangworn said would be submitted to Police Chief Pol Gen Kowit Watana. In the complaint, they said there were three lawyers appointed by the family to represent Lt Thawatchai; Sirichai Pakdee, Nitikorn Nontasawat and Prapart Kongmuang. "We do not know the lawyer in the VCD whom the police said was representing Thawatchai," read the complaint. In a separate interview, the suspect's brother Sgt Apipon said that he talked to his brother during the visit, who denied he was at the Air Force terminal at Don Muang on August 9 and 10 as police claimed. "My brother admitted that he had driven the bombladen Daewoo three days in a row near the premier's residence on August 22, 23 and 24 before being arrest¬ed on August 24," Apipon said. Crime Suppression Division chief Police MajGeneral Winai Thongsong said after the release of the VCD that the suspect also said he was at the Air Force Airport on August 9 and 10, when the prime minister's motorcade visited there. In the complaint, the suspect's family called for the police to con¬duct the investigation according to the law. In their first complaint distributed on Monday, they claimed police fabricated the evidence con¬fiscated from the car. The Nation
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