Panich, Narumol allowed bail by P.Penh court [-The bail is a joke: $300 only?]

13/01/2011
Bangkok Post

Two of the seven Thais arrested by Cambodia for illegal entry - Democrat Party MP Panich Vikitsreth and Narumol Jitrawarattana - have been released on bail by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court, Chavanond Intarakomalyasut said on Thursday.

A clip posted in YouTube, showing Democrat MP Panich Vikitsreth talking to his secretary on his cell phone on Dec 29, saying he is 'inside Cambodia'.

Mr Chavanond, secretary to Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya, said the two were each released on 10,000 baht bail under three conditions - one of which is they are prohibited from leaving Cambodia. He did not reveal the two other conditions.

The two had been taken out of the Prey Sar prison to the Thai embassy in Phnom Penh, he said.

Cambodian court grants bail to two Thais in border case

Jan 13, 2011
DPA

Phnom Penh - A Cambodian court granted bail to parliamentarian Panich Vikitsreth of Thailand's ruling Democrat Party as well as a second Thai citizen charged with illegally crossing into Cambodian territory, a government official said Thursday.

The two were among a group of seven arrested in December in the case. They told the Phnom Penh municipal court last week that they had crossed the border accidentally.

Heng Hak, director of the general department of prisons at the Ministry of Interior, said the two were released Thursday from Phnom Penh's Prey Sar jail.

Thai Foreign Ministry spokesman Thani Thongphakdi said Panich and Narumol Jitrawarattana had been released on bail of 250 dollars each.

KR Tribunal to rule on Duch's bail

Cambodia tribunal to rule on bail for torture commandant

Wed, 28 Nov 2007
DPA

Phnom Penh - The tribunal to bring former Khmer Rouge leaders to justice Wednesday announced it was ready to rule on the appeal against pre-trial detention of the commandant of the notorious S-21 torture centre. The special court said it would hand down its decision on whether or not to release Kaing Guek Eav, better known as Duch, by Monday.

Lawyers for Duch argued last week that his more than eight years of pre-trial detention violated his human rights and appealed for bail pending his trial on charges of crimes against humanity.

Prosecutors have countered that his release would allow him to access key witnesses against him and he may be a flight risk.

Up to 2 million Cambodians died during the 1975-79 Khmer Rouge regime, and up to 17,000 died after entering S-21, a former school in Phnom Penh converted into a prison.