Mieraili was arrested during a raid at a residence in east Bangkok late last month during which an assortment of bombmaking equipment and fake travel documents were also seized.
Mieraili said that Izan was the ringleader of the bomb plot — the one who organized its execution and assigned roles to his accomplices before fleeing the country. He is now “one of the foremost wanted individuals” in the investigation, according to Thai deputy police chief Chakthip Chaijinda. Reuters reported on Thursday that he may have fled to Bangladesh.