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Phnom Penh - The Appeal Court on Tuesday ordered four imprisoned Thais to be released on bail, but said the fifth detainee, political activist Veera Somkwamkit, must stay behind bars.
The ruling follows last week's decision by the lower court to free two of the original group of seven arrested on Cambodian soil on December 29.
One of those freed on bail last week was parliamentarian Panich Vikitsreth of Thailand's ruling Democrat Party.
All seven have been charged with illegally crossing the border into Cambodia, and illegal entry into a military area. They face maximum 18-month jail terms if convicted.
As Veera and the other four Thais climbed into a waiting prison van, he turned to the media scrum and shouted that he would 'keep fighting until the end.'
Veera's lawyer, Pech Vicheka, said he would consult with Veera before deciding whether to appeal the ruling that kept his client in prison.
Earlier this month the seven Thais told the lower court they had crossed the border accidentally.
The court last week concluded its investigation into spying charges against Veera, a former leader of the nationalist People's Alliance for Democracy movement, also known as the yellow shirts.
His secretary Ratree Taiputana, was questioned along with him on spying charges, and the two face up to 10 years if convicted.
The Cambodian government has insisted that the case would not affect relations between the two nations, and said the judicial process needed to take its natural course.
Relations between Thailand and Cambodia have been tense for more than two years with sporadic clashes between troops over disputed territory surrounding the 11th-century Hindu temple of Preah Vihear on Cambodia's northern border.
2 comments:
Sam rainsy I feel sorry to those who used to believed in you.
if we consider the statistice or or national census, we have about 5,7 millions population in 1980. for every 20 years it doulbe the number, now 32 years it about 14 million it just right fiquer. yes there are some veitnamese lived in Cambodia but, if like you said 5 million it must 1 of them live next to every Cambodian house, please give sense of fairness. Being exagerate in politice or in convincing some one, smart people they don't do that, wasn't it right? people will find out some day it make you looked like you are a lier. do you have any concret profe or absolut profe to me does Sam rainsy he truly a Khmer compatriot? really? Now looke into the Past, any one heard about Sam rainsy durring darknese period from 1975 to 1992, Sam Rainsy he graduated in 1978, he knew everything happen in cambodia, why we never heard about him. Just say the truth okay, Sam is chinese, chinese Sam is Chines not khmer he try all posible tools to get power and robe more money from Khmer, all of you in here, you should see the only way Khmer compatriot does to his nation is those who build school and educate people, bring peace safty, build strong economy, strong miltary, try to get more invester, and give deriction to security food suply and build more hospital or health care services, now you see who is the traitor and who is the Khmer compatriat, don't you see? thank you for let me know that most believer in SRP are people who have no vission and never responsible anythings they do, and you are one of them. don't you?. sorry for any gentlemen who read this article
You stupid comments is in the wrong column mother fuckers. Ah sucker Youn CPP no one wants to read your useless article in here. The hole world already knew ah CHHKAE CPP regimes is slaving to the Vietcong Killers.
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