--- description: Thai police have given themselves a reward originally offered to the public for information on the Bangkok bombing culprits title: Thai Police Claim Bangkok Bombing Reward for Themselves image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt05557854d55f09a9/698861a50b72e302b26e59d0/gettyimages-484488576.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Thailand](/tag/thailand/) ## Thailand Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Thai Police Just Gave Themselves the Reward Offered for Information on the Bangkok Bombers  by [Charlie Campbell](/author/charlie-campbell/)  ## Charlie Campbell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Editor at Large Aug 31, 2015 8:40 AM CUT  Thai policemen check security at bars in the tourist area of Bangkok on August 19, 2015. Thai policemen check security at bars in the tourist area of Bangkok on August 19, 2015.Pornchai Kittiwongsakul—AFP/Getty Images  by [Charlie Campbell](/author/charlie-campbell/)  ## Charlie Campbell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Editor at Large Aug 31, 2015 8:40 AM CUT Thai police have [given](http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Police-give-themselves-the-Bt3-million-reward-30267803.html "undefined") themselves the 3 million baht (about $84,000) reward originally offered to the public for information leading to the capture of suspects connected to the Aug. 17 bombing of the Erawan Shrine in central Bangkok. The move comes even though the chief suspect — a man in a yellow T-shirt seen on CCTV cameras dropping a black backpack at the shrine minutes before the explosion — is still at large. A [raid](http://time.com/4016705/thailand-bangkok-bombing-erawan-shrine-china-uigur-turkey-explosives/ "undefined") in the east of the capital on Saturday recovered a stash of bombmaking equipment and led to the arrest of an unnamed foreign suspect. Although no link has yet been proved to the deadly blast, which claimed 20 lives and left more than 120 people injured, police chief Somyot Poompanmoung told reporters on Monday that the police deserved to collect the reward for their diligence and hard work, reports the local _Nation_ newspaper Warrants have been released for three suspects, only one of which has been named — Wanna Suansan, 26, [according](http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.php?newsid=1394441512 "undefined") to the English-language website of the popular Thai newspaper _Khaosod_. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4016752/bangkok-bombing-thai-police-rewards/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4016752/bangkok-bombing-thai-police-rewards/"},"headline":"Thai Police Just Gave Themselves the Reward Offered for Information on the Bangkok Bombers","datePublished":"2015-08-31T08:40:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T10:33:59.774Z","description":"They've decided to take the money for themselves even though the key suspect is still at large","url":"https://time.com/4016752/bangkok-bombing-thai-police-rewards/","keywords":["Thailand","Bangkok","Bombing","rewards"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt05557854d55f09a9/698861a50b72e302b26e59d0/gettyimages-484488576.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlie Campbell","jobTitle":"Editor at Large","url":"https://time.com/author/charlie-campbell/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt05557854d55f09a9/698861a50b72e302b26e59d0/gettyimages-484488576.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"THAILAND-UNREST-BOMBING","caption":"THAILAND-UNREST-BOMBING","creditText":"Pornchai Kittiwongsakul—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/thailand/","name":"Thailand"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4016752/bangkok-bombing-thai-police-rewards/","name":"Thai Police Just Gave Themselves the Reward Offered for Information on the Bangkok Bombers"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Know Right Now: Bangkok Bombing Suspect","description":"Thai police issued an arrest warrant for Wanna Suansun after finding bomb-making materials in her apartment","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/1txnkXFc/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-08-31T16:06:32.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/1txnkXFc.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4016752/bangkok-bombing-thai-police-rewards/","duration":"PT1M","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4016752/bangkok-bombing-thai-police-rewards/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```