National police chief Pol Gen Somyot Poompanmoung admitted on Tuesday that the twin bombings at the Erawan Shrine and Sathorn pier on August 17-18 were linked to Thailand’s decision to send 109 Uighur illegal migrants back to China and the crackdown on human trafficking gang in Thailand.

He said that the twin bomb attacks, especially at the Erawan Shrine which killed 20 foreign tourists and Thais and injured over 120 others, were a revenge against the deportation of the Uighurs and the smashing of the human trafficking racket.

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