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REDSHIRT FUGITIVE CLAIMS JUNTA PLANTED GUNS IN HOUSE
By Pravit Rojanaphruk, Senior Staff Writer
- March 20, 2017 5:23 pm
Wutthipong Kochathammakun, aka Ko Tee, in a still image from an interview posted online Monday. Image: Jom Petchpradab / Facebook
Bangkok — A fugitive Redshirt exile claimed Monday that Thai authorities planted weapons in his Pathum Thani residence to get him extradited home because he has called for turning Thailand into a federal state.
In a 57-minute video interview with Los Angeles-based dissident journalist Jom Petchpradab, Wutthipong Kochathammakun, or Ko Tee, said he believes his host government – he did not name the country – would not buy into what he claimed were trumped up charges.
“It’s a setup and an attempt to frame me, so they can hunt me down,” said Wutthipong, wearing military fatigues and a U.S. flag patch on his arm in an appearance via Skype with Jom’s “Thais Voice” program. The interview was posted to Facebook early Monday morning.
Read: Firearms, Explosives Seized From Redshirt Radio Host’s Home
On Saturday, a group of police and soldiers raided a two-story belonging to Wutthipong in Pathum Thani’s Lam Luk Ka district where they said weapons and explosives were discovered.
The former Redshirt radio host said he believes the authorities were provoked to take action because, two months ago, he and two comrades created an organization calling for Thailand to become a federal state rather than constitutional monarchy.
“This is the reason why they’re trumping up charges and hunting me,” Wutthipong said in the interview.
After Saturday’s raid, the authorities said the stashed weapons were either part of a plan to assassinate leaders of the military government or defend the controversial Wat Dhammakaya, also in Pathum Thani.
Government spokesman Lt. Gen. Sansern Kaewkamnerd on Sunday denied there was any setup.
Wutthipong disappeared in 2014 after former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra ordered his arrest on suspicion of defaming the monarchy in a media interview at the height of the “Bangkok Shutdown” street unrest. He’s believed to be hiding in Laos or another neighboring country.
Wutthipong, who once claimed to be planning violent resistance to a military coup, denied owning any of the weapons or holding any such intentions in the Monday interview. He also said the residence did not belong to him.
He said only the state was capable of owning such a large quantity of heavy arms.
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