BANGKOK — An interpreter for the two men being tried for last year’s Bangkok bombing was arrested this afternoon hours after testifying that he was assaulted by four men who threatened to have him deported for helping the defendants.

Sirojdolin Bakhodirov, an Uzbek national, who has been interpreting for Adem Karadag and Yusufu Mieraili since their first court appearance in February, was arrested Wednesday afternoon by police and is now being held at Lumpini Police Station. A lawyer for one of the defendants said Bakhodirov was being held on a drug-related charge.

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By Sasiwan Mokkhasen