BANGKOK, Dec 31 (MCOT online news) - The Phnom Penn Municipal Court has not set a date for the trial of seven Thais who were detained by Cambodian troops Wednesday as they inspected the border of Sa Kaeo province and Cambodia's Banteay Meanchey province, according to Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Thani Thongphakdi.
The seven, including Democrat Party member of parliament Panich Vikitsreth, and members of the so-called 'Yellow Shirt' People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) protest movement, were charged by the Court with illegal entry and illegally entering a military base along the border, crimes carrying penalties of up to six months and one year, respectively.
Mr Thani, Director-General of the Department of Information, said that the Thai side must wait for the Court to set a date for trial and then file petitions seeking bail for them.
Until now, no date has been set by the Court, he said, adding that the visit of the detained Thais by their families could be done within one or two days even during the long New Year holiday as the request for visits had already been sent to the Cambodian authorities.
Mr Thani said that during his visit to the detained Thais on Dec 30 at Prey Sar prison on the outskirts of the capital, they all said they did not realise that they had crossed the border into Cambodian territory.
They asserted that none of them had intended to intentionally break the law but strayed into Cambodian territory by accident, the director-general said.
The prison had cooperated well and facilitated the Thai authorities to provide the Thais with food, he said, adding that the ministry has ordered Thai embassy officials in Phnom Penh to visit them every day.
Thai Minister of Foreign Affairs Kasit Piromya on Thursday went to Phnom Penh in an attempt to secure their freedom, but he failed accomplish his mission.
Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva earlier said he had tasked Mr Panich with seeking information about the border issue.
10 comments:
Put them in a cell with the gay hiv/aids khmer prisoners so the thais asses will be fucked one by one. This way, I guaranttee you they will never dare to mess around with khmer land again.
Either that or turn them to ladyboys and send them back and hopefully they won't get involved with politic again after losing their penises/balls.
Khmers need to get tough with these bastards, don't just capture and release, this only encourage them to repeat their crimes. We need to use nasty means to deter them even if it means to change them physically - like removing their balls and feed it to the dogs.
Send them home as ladies!
For the yellow shirt guy, send him back in complete red from top to bottom covering his whole body. Better yet, tatoo his entire body in red.
ooh, that's a good one! i'm with you!
don't forgot to charge the space and food once they are in our jail. charge money from them for food and space and make them clean and work in jail and make sure they are our slave a gain like our history thai people are our slave, so once we catch these offical to make them as our slave again.
if we can wait for their parliament to approve joint boundary demarcation, etc, i'm sure they can wait for our court to start the trial, etc, you know! i love that golden rule, what goes around comes around! hey, whatever it takes to teach them a lesson, more power to cambodia, really! how else are they suppose to respect us, shit flies both ways, you know! so, they have to make up their mind soon! this is not the dark ages, ok! who says cambodia can learn fast from them, etc?
of course, we can learn fast from them! golden rule applies, yes! and we keep learning, too, you know! they say learning don't stop after graduation, really, it's a life process continually! god bless cambodia.
KI please pule rainsy face out he was looked like ladyboy,
Sam Rainsy is Khmer hero, for 7 Thai officials arrested by Khmer soldiers or tricts of One eye man Hun Xen after that will be freed. because the election season is very near. Like thai spy working in Phnom Penh airport, then had an amnesty. When the eastern borber having problem with vietnam, the west do the same, to be proud of themself, if the govt of Hun sen is strong , he dare arrest alot vietnamese and send their heads back home.
chao chit
I don't know why Khmer can't just shoot those Siem bastards on the spot as soon as they take that illegal step crossing into Cambodia. Almost all the time, they shot and killed Khmer for walking into their land, I don't see why Khmer can't do the same. Khmer has been very patience and forgiving with the Siem bastards, Siem has never been forgiving toward Khmer, so it's time for Khmer to do the same.
siem act like there isn't any issue with cambodia already! they act like this is a new thing or something, you know! what a troublemaker they are. i hate evil siem who did harm to my country and my people of cambodia.
You got to be kidding me. They didnt know where they were. These are educated thugs. Of course they damn well knew where they were. They are so arrogant they got what they deserve, jail time.
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