BANGKOK, Feb 22 (TNA) - The Thai government will provide a psychiatrist to a Thai national convicted and sentenced by a Cambodian court to 20 years in jail for planting landmines along the Thai-Cambodian border after learning that he is has mental health problems, according to Chavanont Intarakomalsut, secretary to Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya.
Mr Chavanont said representatives of the Thai embassy in Phnom Penh had visited Suphap Wongsaprapa on Friday and after talking with him the consular officials found him to be confused and unable to relate the incident in a coherent manner.
He said the ministry had earlier received information that Mr Suphap had a case history as a mental patient and was previously admitted as a patient at a hospital in the northeastern province of Khon Kaen.
If the government could prove that Mr Suphap had mental disorders, it could provide an option for requesting the Cambodian government to reduce his jail term, he said.
In addition, Mr Chavanont noted that while Mr Suphap is a civilian, he was sentenced by a Cambodian military court.
Mr Chavanont said the Thai embassy would coordinate to help him appeal the verdict and requested the Cambodian government to allow a psychiatrist from Thailand, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) or any international organisation to visit and check whether he is suffering mental illness in order to ask for humanitarian assiastance.
He added that Mr Suphap has a criminal record, as he was jailed for five years for striking his father, after which he disappeared from sight. No one could contact him for 10 years from the time he was released from jail until he was arrested in Cambodia.
International media reported that 39-year-old Suphap was sentenced to 20 years in a Cambodian jail after he confessed in proceedings that he had planted at least five landmines in Cambodia's Anlong Veng town near areas claimed by both countries.
The news service said that he was arrested one year ago and that the Khmer authorities charged him with attempted murder, endangering national security and entering Cambodia illegally.
The Cambodian court record was quoted as saying Mr Suphap was arrested by Cambodian border guards just a few metres inside the country while carrying a land mine on February 27 last year.
Mr Chavanont said representatives of the Thai embassy in Phnom Penh had visited Suphap Wongsaprapa on Friday and after talking with him the consular officials found him to be confused and unable to relate the incident in a coherent manner.
He said the ministry had earlier received information that Mr Suphap had a case history as a mental patient and was previously admitted as a patient at a hospital in the northeastern province of Khon Kaen.
If the government could prove that Mr Suphap had mental disorders, it could provide an option for requesting the Cambodian government to reduce his jail term, he said.
In addition, Mr Chavanont noted that while Mr Suphap is a civilian, he was sentenced by a Cambodian military court.
Mr Chavanont said the Thai embassy would coordinate to help him appeal the verdict and requested the Cambodian government to allow a psychiatrist from Thailand, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) or any international organisation to visit and check whether he is suffering mental illness in order to ask for humanitarian assiastance.
He added that Mr Suphap has a criminal record, as he was jailed for five years for striking his father, after which he disappeared from sight. No one could contact him for 10 years from the time he was released from jail until he was arrested in Cambodia.
International media reported that 39-year-old Suphap was sentenced to 20 years in a Cambodian jail after he confessed in proceedings that he had planted at least five landmines in Cambodia's Anlong Veng town near areas claimed by both countries.
The news service said that he was arrested one year ago and that the Khmer authorities charged him with attempted murder, endangering national security and entering Cambodia illegally.
The Cambodian court record was quoted as saying Mr Suphap was arrested by Cambodian border guards just a few metres inside the country while carrying a land mine on February 27 last year.
11 comments:
Do not release him no matter what.He's committed terrorist act against a sovereign nation.
Let him serve his time in Cambodia prison for good.
No, that Thai doesn't need psychiatrist, Hun Sen does.
When a Thai citizen committed crime, its government always tries to find way to free its citizen. On the other hand, it jails too many Cambodians. If the guy is a mental patien, he should be closely mornitored. Now that when he gets caught, the Thai govenment wants to help him to be freed. Would the Thai government take responsibility if the guy would have killed Cambodian people?
What a big joke for Thai Land ? How a bout Cambodian loggers ,migrant workers and beggars that Thai have been punished and killed almost everyday Thai ever think those are human being? ONLY ONE WAY THINKING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE FROM CAMBODIA PERHAPS THEY THINK CAMBODIAN LEADERS ARE IDIOTS ? MAY BE.
Ohh, my Cambodian balls got hurt because I mastubate too much all day long. The doctor said because I am ethnic Khmer, I will keep jacking off my dick until I got nut cancer. Fuck off to be Scambodian
Ohh, my Cambodian balls got hurt because I mastubate too much all day long. The doctor said because I am ethnic Khmer, I will keep jacking off my dick until I got nut cancer. Fuck off to be Scambodian
4:08 AM seems be an idiot or retarded person, forgive him.
Thai stupid, if this man has mental problem, why does he know how to set landmine on Cambodian'soil,not even that he know how much he make to plant each landmine in Cambodia 2000 Bath to 3000 Bath. he must be normal guy or smarter than mr. Piromya and Abpiset. Thus, do not try to act stupid Thai.
Psychiatrist must be provide to Abhi-Shit ViJaJiVa and his boss Siamese King Koba, they are the real tackling mental ill people. Enjoy your hot dogs in the PalAS BACKYARD. Don't be so smart young man, move all the psychiatrist Thais soldiers out off Khmer territory. I am courious!since your soldiers encrauched Khmerland in 2008, I always heart this word(drunken soldiers,mental illness soldiers) comenced by Thai leaders! My Questin is this why Thai GOV'T employed the mental ill soldiers to harm Khmer people? in Khmer land?. We're not jurk scummy hands dommy!!!.
Down Ah Siamese Yellow Shirts
Throw him to the alligators since he doesn't know what had eat him. Or give him a hand grenade to play with--if he is mentally ill he blow himself up, if not, he will leave the hand grenade alone. Simple solution!
Thai also needs to send another psychiatrist for Hun Sen.
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