19/11/2009
Bangkok Post
Cambodia intensified the diplomatic spat with Thailand yesterday when authorities in Phnom Penh expelled all Thai officials from their offices at Cambodia Air Traffic Services.
The order by the Cambodian government came after Phnom Penh filed charges yesterday against Sivarak Chutipong, a Thai engineer working for CATS.
"Cambodia has charged him with stealing classified information affecting national security," said Chavanond Intarakomalyasut, the secretary to the foreign minister.
The Cambodian government ordered Thai nationals working for CATS to immediately leave the company and prohibited them from re-entering until the legal proceedings against Mr Sivarak are completed, Samart Corporation Plc president Watchai Wilailuck said.
CATS, a fully owned subsidiary of Bangkok-based Samart, has been granted a 32-year air traffic control concession.
The firm employs nine Thai officials at the Cambodian airport, all of them either in management or senior engineering positions. About 200 other staff members are Cambodians.
Mr Watchai was told Cambodian authorities would send their own people to operate the company.
"We need to follow Cambodia's order and are asking the Thai government to help negotiate with the Cambodian government to solve the problem because it is affecting a private business which has nothing to do with the state dispute," Mr Watchai said.
Thailand and Cambodia are signatories to the Investment Protection Agreement to protect each other's private businesses.
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said the Foreign Ministry has been ordered to look into the problem of CATS.
Mr Sivarak was arrested on Nov 12 for allegedly obtaining confidential information about the flight details of convicted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and supplying it to the Thai embassy in Phnom Penh.
The Cambodian government also expelled the embassy's first secretary, Kamrob Palawatwichai and Thailand retaliated with the same measure.
The 31-year-old detainee and the Thai Foreign Ministry have denied the accusations.
Deputy ministry spokesman Thani Thongpakdi said the ministry was helping to find Mr Sivarak a lawyer. Cambodian law requires his legal representative to be a Cambodian national.
"The Thai side still believes in Cambodia's judicial process and hopes Phnom Penh will be fair to Mr Sivarak," Mr Thani said.
Thaksin wrote in his Twitter page yesterday he had contacted Cambodian leaders to find ways to help the Thai engineer being detained at Prey Sar prison in Phnom Penh.
"I've been in touch with them. They said they would investigate first and will treat him fairly," he said in his posting.
Mr Abhisit refused to comment on the assistance by Thaksin to help secure the release of the engineer and said the government's actions had been helping to improve the situation for Mr Sivarak.
But Mr Sivarak's mother, Simarak na Nakhon Phanom, thanked Thaksin for his efforts to help secure the release of her son.
Deputy director-general of the Consular Affairs Department Madurapochana Ittarong was helping Mrs Simarak and Mr Sivarak's younger sister to obtain access to him in Phnom Penh.
Puea Thai Party chairman Chavalit Yongchaiyudh also offered to help in talks with the Cambodian government.
Mr Thani said Gen Chavalit's offer was welcome.
The latest conflict between the Thai and Cambodian governments started last month when Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen made Thaksin an economic adviser to himself and to his government. Thailand was offended when Hun Sen said Thaksin's corruption case was politically motivated and refused to hand him over to Bangkok.
The fugitive prime minister left the Cambodian capital for Dubai on Saturday.
Puea Thai MP Jatuporn Prompan yesterday claimed the Cambodian government had an audio clip of Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya ordering Mr Kamrob to seek the flight schedule of the ousted prime minister.
But Mr Thani denied the claim.
The order by the Cambodian government came after Phnom Penh filed charges yesterday against Sivarak Chutipong, a Thai engineer working for CATS.
"Cambodia has charged him with stealing classified information affecting national security," said Chavanond Intarakomalyasut, the secretary to the foreign minister.
The Cambodian government ordered Thai nationals working for CATS to immediately leave the company and prohibited them from re-entering until the legal proceedings against Mr Sivarak are completed, Samart Corporation Plc president Watchai Wilailuck said.
CATS, a fully owned subsidiary of Bangkok-based Samart, has been granted a 32-year air traffic control concession.
The firm employs nine Thai officials at the Cambodian airport, all of them either in management or senior engineering positions. About 200 other staff members are Cambodians.
Mr Watchai was told Cambodian authorities would send their own people to operate the company.
"We need to follow Cambodia's order and are asking the Thai government to help negotiate with the Cambodian government to solve the problem because it is affecting a private business which has nothing to do with the state dispute," Mr Watchai said.
Thailand and Cambodia are signatories to the Investment Protection Agreement to protect each other's private businesses.
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said the Foreign Ministry has been ordered to look into the problem of CATS.
Mr Sivarak was arrested on Nov 12 for allegedly obtaining confidential information about the flight details of convicted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and supplying it to the Thai embassy in Phnom Penh.
The Cambodian government also expelled the embassy's first secretary, Kamrob Palawatwichai and Thailand retaliated with the same measure.
The 31-year-old detainee and the Thai Foreign Ministry have denied the accusations.
Deputy ministry spokesman Thani Thongpakdi said the ministry was helping to find Mr Sivarak a lawyer. Cambodian law requires his legal representative to be a Cambodian national.
"The Thai side still believes in Cambodia's judicial process and hopes Phnom Penh will be fair to Mr Sivarak," Mr Thani said.
Thaksin wrote in his Twitter page yesterday he had contacted Cambodian leaders to find ways to help the Thai engineer being detained at Prey Sar prison in Phnom Penh.
"I've been in touch with them. They said they would investigate first and will treat him fairly," he said in his posting.
Mr Abhisit refused to comment on the assistance by Thaksin to help secure the release of the engineer and said the government's actions had been helping to improve the situation for Mr Sivarak.
But Mr Sivarak's mother, Simarak na Nakhon Phanom, thanked Thaksin for his efforts to help secure the release of her son.
Deputy director-general of the Consular Affairs Department Madurapochana Ittarong was helping Mrs Simarak and Mr Sivarak's younger sister to obtain access to him in Phnom Penh.
Puea Thai Party chairman Chavalit Yongchaiyudh also offered to help in talks with the Cambodian government.
Mr Thani said Gen Chavalit's offer was welcome.
The latest conflict between the Thai and Cambodian governments started last month when Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen made Thaksin an economic adviser to himself and to his government. Thailand was offended when Hun Sen said Thaksin's corruption case was politically motivated and refused to hand him over to Bangkok.
The fugitive prime minister left the Cambodian capital for Dubai on Saturday.
Puea Thai MP Jatuporn Prompan yesterday claimed the Cambodian government had an audio clip of Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya ordering Mr Kamrob to seek the flight schedule of the ousted prime minister.
But Mr Thani denied the claim.
9 comments:
Not just Thai nationals who working for CATS, Hanoi, Vietnam already knew every flight path Hun Sen took, Viet may sell Hun Sen Flight information to Thailand also...!
That's right! it's just a matter time frame, your ass will shot down from the blue sky fool..! Vietnam can sell secrets information to Thai for millions, millions of dollar$$, you got to watch for Vietnamese spies also...dumbfuck!
Most of Hun Sen body guards are Vietnamese spies and Viet-SS...
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AH SIAM MUST DIE DIE DIE!!!!!
I want my Khmer boy life back!!!!!
Bravo Cambodian government is doing the right thing [do not release Siwarak for nothing].
It seems Thailand cares too much about one of its people who break Cambodian law, and will be jailed here. Why doesn't it think also about hundreds of Cambodian prisoners who are in Thai prisons and are beaten everyday by Thai guards? This not included many other Cambodians who were shot or burned alive so far along the border. So ashamed that Thai military is so cruel like savage animals, but never won our Cambodian army in the real war!
I would suggest Thailand to release all my Cambodian prisoners back to Cambodia and the future release of Siwarak Chotipong is a compensation instead.
Please the Royal Government of Cambodia takes strong consideration on that case. Help our Cambodian prisoners back home rather than release Siwarak Chotipong for nothing!
Hean Padhi
He will be release soon, don't be too excited. Cambodian govt are weak! CPP love $$$$$$$$, give them $$$$$$$$$$$$ and the man is freed.
ohhhh..
Now Cambodia Angkor Air is own by Viet..
So soon, CATS will own by Viet too..
That is also good...
ANY of u think u can run the country better come out n play, stop being a coward behind ur PC. see what the real world looks like u idiots
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