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Bangkok A translator for two Uighur men accused of a deadly Bangkok bombing was remanded in custody on Friday for drug possession, further complicating a murky trial that has failed to answer key questions about the attack on Thailand. Sirojiddin Bakhodirov was arrested this week with small amounts of marijuana and crystal meth. On Friday a Bangkok court extended the Uzbeck national's remand, according to police. But Bakhodirov, who is the only Uighur translator at the Bangkok bomb trial, told AFP by phone the drugs were planted on him as punishment for helping Thailand's Uighur community. (AFP)
