‘seg rman escent Ui naps pas ly AB Nw Nows Sport | Weather Shop Earth Travel Q Asia China India Bangkok Erawan shrine bomb: Uighur suspects plead not guilty Shours ago | Asia The mon say they wore coerced into confessing ‘Two ethnic Uighur Chinese men have pleaded not guilty of involvement in the bombing of a shrine in Bangkok, in their first court appearance. ‘Twenty people were killed when the bomb hit the Erawan shrine in the centre of the Thai capital on 17 August. Yusufu Mieraili and Adem Karadag, also known as Bilal Mohammed, face charges of murder and possessing explosives. No group has ever admitted being behind the bombing, which also injured scores of people. Police say the men, both from the Xinjiang region of China, initially admitted carrying out the attack Mr Karadag is accused of placing the bomb inside the Hindu shrine in a backpack, But his lawyer has alleged his client was tortured into confessing and is innocent of all charges except one of entering the country illegally, einen tesa 2