Broken CCTV Cameras and Grainy Footage Undermine Bangkok Bombing Investigation

Thailand police had to grapple with their imagination when they found out that most of the security cameras en route to the shrine where the bomb explosion occurred weren’t functional.

Following the deadliest bomb attack in Thailand’s recent history a dearth of evidence has exposed the flaws in Bangkok’s security operation with contradictory information compromising the investigation.

National police chief Somyot Poompanmoung rued the lack of high-tech equipment, with even the operational cameras delivering only grainy, blurry video of the suspect.

“The perpetrator was driving away escaping and there are CCTV cameras following him. Sometimes there were 20 cameras on the street but only five worked. Fifteen were broken. For whatever reason, they didn’t work,” said Somyot Poompanmoung.

There are also apprehensions that the prime suspect of the Bangkok bombings which injured 120 people may have already fled the country.

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