Police will contact their Malaysian counterparts over reports the yellow-shirted man suspected of planting the deadly bomb at the Erawan shrine last month has been arrested there, police spokesman Prawut Thavornsiri says.

National police chief Somyot Poompunmuang is seeking information from Malaysian police, Pol Lt Gen Prawut said, adding that if the suspect has really been arrested, a police team, led by Pol Lt Gen Suchart Teerasawat, an inspector-general, will be sent to the country to join the investigation or gather information about him.

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