KUALA LUMPUR -- Malaysian police have arrested three people, a Pakistani man and two Malaysians, as part of investigations into last month's deadly Erawan shrine bombing in Bangkok, Malaysia's national police chief said on Monday.
"I confirm we have arrested three people, two men and one woman, and one of them is Pakistani," dpa quoted Malaysian Police Inspector-General Khalid Abu Bakar as saying.
The Star newspaper online reported that the three were detained "a few days ago" but gave no further details of the identities of those taken into custody, according to AFP.
"We are assisting Thai police regarding this probe. We feel these three (people) can assist us in the investigation," The Star quoted Pol Insp Gen Khalid as saying.
Malaysian authorities currently had no plans to hand them over to Thai police, he added.
"We are working together with our Thai counterparts. Let us investigate the matter first," he said.
The attack killed 20 people, the majority of them Chinese visitors, and injured another 130 people at the Erawan shrine in the capital's bustling downtown Ratchaprasong district on Aug 17.
Thai authorities have arrested two foreign men, one carrying a forged Turkish passport and the other Chinese passport, and have arrest warrants for nine other suspects.