Police are offering 30,000 baht for the tuk-tuk driver who took the suspected Erawan bomber to come forward after learning he took Thailand’s most wanted man to a hotel near the Ratchaprasong intersection Monday evening.
A police photo shows the tuk-tuk transporting the suspected bomber to the Erawan shrine.
Police said on Thursday that the three-wheeled taxi delivered the suspect to Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel next to the shrine on Ratchadamri Road at 6.37pm on Aug 17.
The tuk-tuk driver was encouraged to contact Pol Col Noppasit Mitrpakdi, investigative chief of the Metropolitan Police Division 6 at 085-358-7777 anytime.
Police promise to keep secret the identity of the driver and guaranteed his safety.
The suspected bomber was described as a "Caucasian, Arab or mixed race" man, aged 20 to 30, and about 170cm tall. He wore a yellow t-shirt and black-framed glasses, placed a backpack inside the shrine coplex and and left the location just before the explosion.
It was reported that the suspect left the area on a motorcycle taxi and got off at the nearby Lumpini public park. He directed the motorcyclist with a piece of paper with words "Lumpini Park".
The explosion killed 20 people and injured 125 others. Police assume it resulted from a timer-detonated pipe bomb professionally assembled.