Bombing tied to people smuggling
Police are giving weight to possible connections between the Erawan shrine and Sathon pier bombings and Uighur smuggling rings allowing migrants to flee China and head to Turkey.
National police chief Somyot Poompunmuang on 3 September said as police pieced information together, it was becoming increasingly clear that those who had lost out as a result of a government crackdown on human trafficking may be involved in the blasts.