Xinhua
The Thai embassy in Phnom Penh has submitted a petition seeking a royal pardon for two Thais being jailed there for illegal entry and espionage charges, a government official said on Wednesday.
The petition was submitted through the Cambodian Foreign Ministry on March 14, Thai Foreign Ministry spokesman Thani Thongphakdi was quoted as saying by the Bangkok Post online.
Thani said he did not know how long the pardon process would take.
Veera Somkwamkid, a leader of the nationalistic Thai Patriots Network, whose supporters have been protesting against the Thai government for its mishandling of the Thai-Cambodian border dispute, and his secretary Ratree Pipatanapaiboon and five other Thais were arrested by Cambodian soldiers on Dec. 29 for illegal entry.
On Jan. 21, the five Thais were found guilty by a Phnom Penh court of illegal entry into Cambodia and trespassing into a military area. Each was given nine months of imprisonment and fined 1 million riels (250 U.S. dollars), but the jail term was suspended.
The five returned to Bangkok the next day after spending almost a month in Prey Sar prison in Phnom Penh.
Veera and Ratree were later sentenced to eight years and six years of imprisonment respectively without suspension on additional charges of espionage.
4 comments:
Si le pardon royal khmer est accordé à ces 2 thai , Le roi Thailandais doit aussi faire libérer tous les prisonniers cambodgiens enfermés en Thailande .
2 poids , 2 mesures Merci !
The two commented above are fucked. While a dumbo posted in French most readers doesn't have a clue, another idiot just keeps posting the same shits again and again.
Please do me a favour and fuck off!
these siem thugs are not special, you know! if everybody is allowed to request for royal pardon, then there wouldn't be any prisoners left in cambodia, ok! serve your 2/3 time first, you scum bags!
I like 12:38AM comment.
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