BANGKOK, Dec 31 (MCOT online news) -- Thai Minister of Foreign Affairs Kasit Piromya failed to achieve the release of a Thai Democrat MP and six other people detained by Cambodian authorities for alleged trespass on the territory of the neighbouring country.
Mr Kasit made an urgent visit to Phnom Penh for talks with his counterpart, Hor Namhong, on securing the release of the seven on Thursday afternoon and returned empty-handed in the evening.
The Thai foreign Minister said upon returning from Phnom Penh that he tried to tell his Cambodian counterpart that the seven had strayed into the Cambodian territory during inspection of the border areas after receiving a petition from Thai villagers along the border.
Mr Kasit admitted to Hor Namhong that the seven Thai unintentionally crossed into the Cambodian area for 1,200 metres.
However, he failed to secure the release of the seven Thais who were charged by the Phnom Penh Municipal 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.
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court decided to press ahead with charges against the Thais, and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong reportedly said after his meeting with Mr Kasit that he had said there would be "no release" of the Thais just yet.
"Let the court continue with the legal procedure as normal, the government cannot do anything," he said.
"We respect the judiciary of Cambodia. We have asked the government to complete the case as soon as possible as the charges were not severed crime,'' said Mr Kasit.
Reportedly having visited the seven Thais detained at Prey Sar prison on the outskirts of the Khmer capital, Mr Kasit vowed to give full assistance to them. Initially, the ministry has retained a lawyer for them.
Panich Vikitsreth of the ruling Democrat Party was arrested along with six others on Wednesday in Cambodia's Banteay Meanchey province, along the western border with Thailand.
The seven detained Thais, including Democrat Party member of parliament Panich Vikitsreth and members of the so-called 'Yellow Shirt' Peoples Alliance for Democracy (PAD) protest movement, were apprehended by Cambodian troops on Wednesday while they inspected the border areas near Cambodian Banteay Meanchey province, not far from the western part of the border with Thailand.
5 comments:
Every time Thai violate and enter Cambodia illegally, their leader act like only them can take care their people, when Thai prisoner return home because our soft gesture they parade like hero. This time let them powerless to help their stupid MP and return home as full convicted and serve their sentence in full, 18 months not too bad. When jail them please do not put them in one room together, have to put them with ohter Khmer inmate.
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, what a fantastic idea!
For the yellow shirt dude, send him back in complete red from top to bottom covering his whole body. Better yet, tatoo his entire body in red.
Khmer should do it like the Thais..."shoot them when they crossed the Khmer border...and then plant some drugs in their clothings." Why need to go thru all this complications?
Hey, if you put those Thais with those Khmer ladyboys..they might like it. Next time they'll bring more of their people.hahha
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