A young Bangkok slum rapper who has irritated the authorities by taking on politics and society has denied throwing explosives at the military facility where the prime minister lives, a legal group said this morning.
A day after police detained Thanayuth Na Ayutthaya, aka “Eleven Finger,” and questioned at least seven witnesses about improvised explosives tossed in front of the 1st Infantry Regiment, Thai Lawyers for Human Rights said he has denied being responsible.
When his girlfriend, identified only as Patima, went to testify yesterday to Bang Sue police, she was charged with conspiring to cause an explosion and carrying a weapon without reasonable cause. She denied all charges.
According to Col. Danupat Kwanpasumon of Tha Rua Police, security footage shows Thanayuth and other suspects driving by the regiment Sunday evening and throwing two ping-pong bombs…
