Red shirt faction leader Sombat Boongam-anong was arrested around 9.30 p.m. in a house in Cholburi Province where he was taking refuge. His arrest was first reported on Sombat’s personal Facebook account. His Twitter and Facebook account have been inactive since then.
Around 11 p.m., Khaosod reports that he was arrested by police officers under the Technology Crime suppression Division in corporation with the 11th Infantry Regiment, with IP tracking from the National Intelligence Agency.
Sombat had been previously summoned by the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) on May 22, but had not reported himself to the military. Since then he called for anti-coup gathering at different places in Bangkok on his social media which has over 100,000 followers, but had never shown up at the protest sites.
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— ลุงป็อกกี้ทูเดย์ (@dangsukhumvit) June 5, 2014
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