Malaysia Detains 8 Suspects for Questioning About Thai Blast

Eight people, including four believed to be ethnic Uighurs, have been detained in Malaysia for questioning in connection with last month's bombing of a shrine in Bangkok that killed 20 people, a senior official said Wednesday. National deputy police chief Noor Rashid Ibrahim said they were detained in the past week in Kuala Lumpur as well as in northeastern Kelantan state. Four of the eight were Malaysians involved in human trafficking, while another four were believed to be Uighur...

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