Three people have been arrested for allegedly trying to help Prasit Jeawkok, a businessman embroiled in a 1-billion-baht fraud case, escape during his court hearing on Friday, according to police.

Pol Lt Gen Jirabhop Bhuridej, commissioner of the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB), on Friday at a press briefing said Phahonyothin police were preparing to transfer the case dossier of three of Mr Prasit's associates to the Crime Suppression Division (CSD) for investigation.