Nakhon Ratchasima police on Thursday obtained an arrest warrant for the gunman who fired dozens of shots at the house of Khunying Sasima Srivikorn, mother of Taya Teepsuwan, a core leader of the anti-government protesters.
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More than 100 shots were fired at Khunying Sasima’s house in Khao Yai on March 1. No one was hurt.
Police investigators obtained a court warrant for the arrest of an unnamed suspect based on a sketch compiled from witness accounts and other evidence. (graphic left).
He has a dark complexion and is about 170-centimetre tall. He is accused of trespassing while armed with a weapon and illegally owning a gun and ammunition.
The attack on Mrs Taya’s mother, and another on her own residence, compelled Mrs Taya to “take a break” from politics on the sake of her family's safety.
Mrs Taya is a former deputy Bangkok governor for the Democrat Party. Her husband, Nattapol Teepsuwan, is still active in the anti-government protest orchestrated by the People’s Democratic Reform Committee.
The attacks occurred after Ms Taya and Mr Nathapol blew whistles at Khunying Potjaman na Pombejara, the ex-wife of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra at fashionable Emporium mall in Bangkok's Sukhumvit area last month, causing her to flee.