BANGKOK, June 11 (Bernama) -- The Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs has informed the Cambodian and Vietnamese Embassies in Bangkok of Thailand's arrest this week of their nationals for alleged spying, Thai News Agency (TNA) reported Saturday.
Thai caretaker foreign minister Kasit Piromya said that he has instructed his ministry's Department of East Asian Affairs to report the case to the Cambodian and Vietnamese Embassies to Thailand in details.
Kasit assured that the case will be proceed in accordance with the Thai laws without any political intervention, saying that he will liaise with Thai police and the Office of the Attorney-General for all facts and information related to the case.
Three men were arrested by the Thai police for alleged spying in Kantaralak District of Thailand's northeastern Si Sa Ket Province near the Thai-Cambodian border earlier this week, including a 32-year-old Thai national, Suchart Muhammad, as well as a Cambodian and a Vietnamese nationals, identified as 43-year-old Ung Kimtai and 37-year-old Nguyen Tengyang respectively.
The local police said that the arrest followed a military intelligence report indicating that the trio was driving around the northeastern Thai province, gathering information on Thai military bases and bunkers built for local residents along the Thai-Cambodian border.
The Thai police also found with the three suspects a Cambodian military map and a Thai map with different scales and four mobile phones.
The trio was charged with espionage threatening Thailand's national security, while the Thai and Cambodian suspects also faced additional charges of drug abuse, as the Thai authorities found both of them were tested positive for methamphetamines.
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"The trio ...while the Thai and Cambodian suspects also faced additional charges of drug abuse, as the Thai authorities found both of them were tested positive for methamphetamines."
=This is funny! The Siem military thugs can't even distinguish between a drug dealer and a spy!ahahahhahah
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