Wednesday, September 07, 2011

Three men jailed for border espionage

Nguyen Teng Dang, a 37-year-old Vietnameseman,is taken to a prison in Si Sa Ket yesterday after being sentenced to two years’ imprisonment together with a Thai and a Cambodian for espionage along the Thai-Cambodian border in June. SERMPONG THONGSAMRIT

Cambodian, Vietnamese authorities set to appeal

7/09/2011
Bangkok Post

A Thai provincial court has sentenced a Thai, a Cambodian and a Vietnamese to two years in jail for espionage along the Thai-Cambodian border in June.

The court in Kantharalak district of Si Sa Ket province yesterday announced the sentences of Suchart Muhammad, a 32-year-old Thai, Cambodian citizen Ung Kimtai, 43, and Nguyen Teng Dang, 37, a Vietnamese national.

Suchart, who drove a pickup for the alleged spies, and Ung also received additional jail terms of four months and three months respectively because they had drugs in their possession.


The jail sentences were halved from eight months and six months, respectively, due to their confessions.

The three men were arrested in the border district of Kantharalak, Si Sa Ket, on the evening of June 7. Their alleged Cambodian spymaster, identified as Wichai or Ya Pao, 48, managed to flee.

Man Wanna, Cambodian consul in Thailand, and Pham Minh Tuan, secretary to the Vietnamese ambassador to Thailand, were present at the ruling along with Thai soldiers and police.

Relatives of the three men also were also present. Some of them burst into tears after the ruling. They saw off the three men from the court as they were escorted to a prison in Kantharalak district.

The Cambodian and Vietnamese authorities will appeal against the verdict.

Meanwhile, Thai Defence Minister Yutthasak Sasiprapa said he planned to visit Cambodia on Sept 23 and 24 and has asked if his Cambodian counterpart Tea Banh would be available for a meeting.

The minister said he had to inform his Cambodian counterpart that the Thai cabinet and parliament had to approve in advance the framework for negotiations for the next meeting of the Thai-Cambodian General Border Committee.

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

The Viet will not only occupied Cambodia, but Thailand nearby the future too. That is correct you acted Thailand. Viet want to bring uncle Ho chimin to Thailand be using Khmer traitors.

Anonymous said...

Vietcong spies real and active.

Anonymous said...

សុទ្ធតែ បណ្ឌិត,កត្តិបណ្ឌិត,តេជោ​​ពួកនេះវាចេះ
ហួសទេដឹង បានជាយួនមកនៅជិតពេញបឹងទន្លេ
សាប ថែមទាំងមាន ការ៉ាសសាំង រាប់មិនអស់​នឹង
មនុស្សវាល់សែននាក់ តែជាមិនហ៊ានថាអីសោះ
បែរទៅជារករឿងថាខ្មែរបំផ្លាញបឹងទៅវិញ
បងប្អូនខ្មែរអើយមើលចុះតើវាត្រឹមត្រូវទេ
សុខចិត្តសម្លាប់ខ្មែរឲ្យតែយួនមកនៅតាមចិត្តចុះ

Anonymous said...

That's absurd! They'd caught a spy and with his possessions is a drug paraphernalia? Unheard of! A fabricated story told by an inexperience cop.

Anonymous said...

There are more than two twenty thousand Viet Spies in ThaiLand.

Anonymous said...

អ្នកឯងមិនបាច់យុំទេក្រែងចង់បានថៃទៀតឫ ???
អុងលើងមិនឲ្យយុំហេតុអ្វីបានជាយុំ វាខុសពី
អង្គការដាក់ទិសហើយ

Anonymous said...

Thai used all tricks not just to provoke Cambodia and also the whole Khmer people.
Cambodia has more Spys in Thailand. Because the Khmer live all over the places in and knew so well the infrastructure and military surroundings of Thai government.
Viet does not need to bring the ideology of Uncle Ho to Thailand, because Thai came from the same Viet grassroots.

Anonymous said...

It is only 2 years man, after that serving, you can spy again.

Anonymous said...

ខ្មែរតាកែវ says: 2:03 PM 06/09/2011

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