BANGKOK (BNO NEWS) -- Thailand's Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra plans to seek the release of two Thai activists jailed in a Cambodian prison during her one-day official visit to Phnom Penh on Thursday, Thai Foreign Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul said on Saturday.
Surapong said the premier is scheduled to meet her Cambodian counterpart during her introductory visit, which is customary for the new leader of the country, and may use the opportunity to help secure the release of the activists. Veera Somkwamkid and Ratree Pipattanapaiboon, from the Thailand Patriot Network, are detained in a Cambodian jail for illegal entry and spying charges, according to the Thai News Agency.
A Cambodian court on February 1 ruled that Veera and his secretary Ratree were guilty of espionage, illegal entry, and trespassing in a military zone. Veera was sentenced to eight years in jail and a 1.8 million riel ($450) fine, while Ratree was handed a six-year jail term and a 1.2 million riel ($300) fine.
The prime minister began her official overseas trips in Brunei on Saturday. She is scheduled to make her first official visit to Indonesia on Monday, and on Thursday she will visit the Cambodian capital and fly to Laos the following day, according to the news agency.
Yingluck, a top-party list Pheu Thai Member of Parliament, was elected prime minister on August 5 by a majority vote in the House of Representatives. The youngest sister of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra became Thailand's 28th Prime Minister and the first female to occupy the position.
The new premier will face an uphill task to steer the country out of years of deep-rooted divide and revitalize its economy amid the financial situation in the United States and Europe. She has also pledged to restore national reconciliation and unity.
6 comments:
Hun Sen will you do the same to the Cambodian prisoners in Thailand?
But the Cambodian doubt that you care about them, since they are nobody to you.
The Thai activists were more lucky as our innocent Khmer people, who were killing by the Thai border patroull, when they crossed the Thai border.
Contratry, our border patroulle did not kill Thai people, when they crossed the Cambodian border.
For their misbehavior, they have to serve their time in Cambodia or in Thailand prison.
SAMDACH MOHA DECHO HUN SEN 2099!!!
Whoever insulting Prime Minister of Cambodia will not be tolerate of any moment. Individual will be taken instant action with imprisonment in the court of law. If you disagreed with our policy, please don't hesitate your expression.
O good, here come my salvation ;Yingluck.
Thaksin and Yingluck serve their
Thai people,but Hun Sen called
his people dogs.
Hun Sen called them dogs,Khmer
people do not bite him.
Thaksin and Yingluck know how to
tame one-eyed man.
Khmer-Thai oil wells are the main
economy or to make money or make
them get richer.
"When we have a chance, we have to help our fellow Thais," the minister said..."A Cambodian court sentenced Veera to eight years in jail and Ratree to six years...for spying and illegal entry into Cambodian military base."
= Well...It is kind of funny when Ms Yingluck want to help Siem who repeatedly break Cambodian law such AH Veera! Maybe Ms Yingluck want to free terrorists too! Let it be clear here to Ms Yingluck that Cambodian is a sovereign nation and has law and order! Any Siem break Cambodian law will be judged by the law and will have to do time!
There are countless innocence Cambodian people died at the hand of the Siem military and police without due process! So tell me what make AH Verra and Mee Ratree who is the repeated offenders of Cambodian law more special than those Cambodian who died at the hand of the Siem military and police?
If Ms Yingluck only mission to free the two Siem criminals from Cambodian jail then please don't come and it only a waste of time just stay home in Thailame!
Stay home Ms Yingluck!
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