(Photo: Reuters)Original report from Phnom Penh
18 February 2010
Thai Embassy officials will be allowed to visit a former Thai soldier in a Cambodian military prison, after the man was sentenced to 20 years for planting landmines along the border, defense officials said.
Earlier this month, a military court found Suphab Wong Prakna, 39, guilty of planting mines in Anlong Veng, a former Khmer Rouge redoubt on the Thai border. He was arrested in February 2009 with mines and explosives on his person.
Cambodia and Thailand are engaged in a protracted military standoff, that has left at least eight dead, and the trial raised questions of whether both sides are mining the border.
Suwat Kaewsook, a senior adviser at the Thai Embassy in Phnom Penh, is expected to visit the military prison on Friday afternoon.
Prakna’s lawywer, Sam Sok Kong, said he believed the sentencing was fair, given the evidence against his client and the confession he gave. The court could have given the accused from 30 years to life imprisonment, he said.
Earlier this month, a military court found Suphab Wong Prakna, 39, guilty of planting mines in Anlong Veng, a former Khmer Rouge redoubt on the Thai border. He was arrested in February 2009 with mines and explosives on his person.
Cambodia and Thailand are engaged in a protracted military standoff, that has left at least eight dead, and the trial raised questions of whether both sides are mining the border.
Suwat Kaewsook, a senior adviser at the Thai Embassy in Phnom Penh, is expected to visit the military prison on Friday afternoon.
Prakna’s lawywer, Sam Sok Kong, said he believed the sentencing was fair, given the evidence against his client and the confession he gave. The court could have given the accused from 30 years to life imprisonment, he said.
4 comments:
I bet you hun sen will let him go back home soon.
Lock him up and throw the key in Mekong river.If this was happening during Sangkum Raeastra Youm era,this guy probably becomes one of Sihanouk firing squad targets in Trorpaing Kroleung.
This guy is a terrorist who waged war on his own cognizance on someone else homecountry and peace.
Never let him off the hook!
But nowaday in Phnom Penh no one can tell since everything has a price and right price will set even a murderer free like Hun To and Hun Chea for an example.
សូមរដ្ឋាភិបាលខ្មែរនឹកឃើញផងដែលកាលពីឆ្នាំ២០០៩នៅឯសន្និសិទ្ធមីននៅទីក្រុងហ្សឺនែវប្រទេសស្វីសប្រតិភូថៃបានដឹកយកយោធាពិការម្នាក់ដោយសារជាន់មីននៅក្នុងទឹកដីប្រទេសយើងត្រង់តំបន់ប្រាសាទព្រះវិហ៊ារមកបង្ហាញក្នុងសនិ្នសិទ្ធហើយប្តឹងចោទប្រទេសយើងថាបានដាក់មីនថ្មីៗថែមទៀតដោយប្រឆាំងជាមួយនឹងសន្ធិសញ្ញាអូតាវ៉ាដែលយើងបានចូលជាសមាជិកដូចគ្នាជាមួយនឹងប្រទេសថៃដែរ។ពេលនេះយើងបានឃើញច្បាស់ហើយថាទាហ៊ានថៃជាអ្នកដាក់មីនថ្មីដូច្នេះសូមតុលាការយោធាយកច្បាប់ស្តីអំពីការគ្រប់គ្រងអាវុធគ្រឿងផ្ទុះនិងគ្រាប់រំសេវ(ច្បាប់នេះជាច្បាប់ឆ្លើយតបទៅនឹងសន្ធិសញ្ញាអូតាវ៉ាស្តីពីការហាមឃាត់ការប្រើប្រាស់គ្រាប់មីន)មកកាត់ទោសបន្ថែមទៀតប្រសិនបើពុំទាន់បានប្រើនឹងសូមឲរដ្ឋាភិបាលប្តឹងករណីអ្នកទោសសៀមម្នាក់នេះទៅសន្និសិទ្ធអូតាវ៉ាអន្តរជាតិដើម្បីបង្កើនការទុកចិត្តឡើងវិញនៃប្រទេសផ្តល់ជំនួយបោសសំអាតមីនដែលបានកាត់បន្ថយជាហូរហែររួចមកហើយនូវជំនួយរបស់ខ្លួនបើទោះជាសន្និសិទ្ធអូតាវ៉ាបានអនុមត្ត័ឲពន្យាការដោះមីនបានចំនួន១០ឆ្នាំទៀតរហូតដល់ឆ្នាំ២០១៩ក៏ដោយ។
Kill that Thai thief bastard!!!
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