The Thai Rak Thai Party on Tuesday called on Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont to spell out names of those he believes were behind the string of Bangkok bomb attacks on New Year Eve.

Sita Divari, the spokesman of the Thai Rak Thai Party which is founded by former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, said Surayud had unfairly caused the public to suspect the Thai Rak Thai by simply stating that "the people who lost political benefits" were behind the attacks.

Surayud's statement would also influence police investigations because police would rule out other possibilities and would focus the probe in line with Surayud's theory, the spokesman was quoted by Thai multimedia group The Nation as saying.

"We call on General Surayud to disclose the names of those behind the attacks. The way he spoke without evidence caused the people to think that he took political opportunity while the people had suffered from untoward incidents," Sita said.

After a series of bomb attacks in Bangkok through the eve of 2007, the Prime Minister Surayud on Monday hinted "the people who lost political benefits" rather than the Muslim insurgency were behind the bombings, causing the camp of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra to protest immediately.

"Based on various reports of intelligence agencies and evidence available, it was the work of people who lost political benefits, but I cannot clearly say which particular group was behind it," Surayud told a news conference on Monday.

Source: Xinhua