Man arrested in Bangkok for bomb hoax

Thai police arrested a 30-year-old man in Bangkok Thursday for making a false bomb alarm, Thai media reported.

Police arrested Prapasorn Pornsurin Thursday noon after he made a 191 emergency call on Wednesday night to tell false information about a bomb having been planted at the Tha Phra district police station in Bangkok to be detonated at 9 p.m. (1400GMT) Wednesday, English-language newspaper Bangkok Post reported on its website Thursday.

Bomb squads were deployed to the police station to search for the explosives, but found no bomb.

Police said Prapasorn made the call from his cell phone, which was traced by 191 operation and led to his arrest.

Prapasorn allegedly confessed that he made the call because he was drunk and because he personally was dissatisfied with the Sept. 19 coup as it deposed former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, whom he supported.

He also disliked the current government's decision to abolish the low-cost health care scheme initiated by the Thaksin administration, the report said.

Prapasorn was the first suspect arrested for bomb hoax after multiple similar cases were reported following the New Year's Eve bombings.

Source: Xinhua