Xinhua
A group of so-called "Yellow Shirt" Thais arrived in Cambodia on Sunday morning in order to visit the seven detained Thais and to advise them on legal aid.
The group consisted of three members of the Thailand Patriot Network and four journalists.
"We are here privately to meet Thai Ambassador, to visit the seven detained Thais and to meet their defense lawyers in order to provide legal advice to the detainees," a member of Thailand Patriot Network, Karoon Sai-ngam, who is a former Thai senator, told reporters through a translator on Sunday at a hotel in Phnom Penh. "We plan to create a legal advisor group to assist the seven detained Thais."
"We hope that Cambodian government will cooperate with us on this issue," he added.
The three members of the Thailand Patriot Network are lawyer Karoon Sai-ngam, former Thai senator Natapom Toprayoon, lawyer Ms. Walwipha Charooroj, an academic of Thai studies at Thammasat University of Thailand.
Koy Kuong, spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said Sunday that the group would be accompanied by the Thai embassy officials to visit the seven detained Thais at Prey Sar prison on Monday morning.
The seven detained Thais, including Panich Wikitsate, a Democrat Member of Parliament for Bangkok, Veera Somkwamkid, secretary general of People Network Against Corruption and Thailand Patriot Network core member, were arrested on Dec. 29, 2010 by Cambodian border protection army for illegal entry into Cambodian territory in Banteay Meanchey province and now are detained in Phnom Penh's Prey Sar prison.
On Dec. 30, deputy prosecutor of Phnom Penh Municipal Court Sok Roeun charged them with two cases -- illegal entry and illegally entering a military base along the border, crimes which in Cambodia carry penalties of up to six months and one year respectively and fine from 1 million to 2 million Cambodian riels (250-500 U.S. dollars).
On Jan. 6, the investigating judge of Phnom Penh Municipal Court, Chaing Sinat, had conducted a nearly 12 hour additional inquest on them, but the final decision has not been disclosed so far.
The Cambodian-Thai border has never been fully demarcated. And the two sides have had border conflict just one week after Cambodia's Preah Vihear Temple was registered as World Heritage Site in July 2008.
Since the conflict started, military standoff has been on and off along the two countries' border and several military clashes have already happened with recorded small causalities from both sides.
However, the border issue has been eased as the top leaders of Cambodia and Thailand have held four meetings since September.
4 comments:
Rainsy he kick Veit away durring thai waging war, good boy that the thai said!Hunsen is Khmer, kem sokha is khmer, Sam riansy hu not khmer he is chines why you fight against your own peolpe. reunited, if rainsy he got talent why not help now why wait, he want power first then he help khmer later why he do so, Sam rainsy just nobody, we have thousand Khmer people got PHD much better, better and better than Sam rainsy. Anyway Sam rainsy have no leadership skile he was very weak you now know it right?. do you absulutely understand how mess SRP was, Sam rainsy always street wilds beast act to divide us Khmer you know that. Mike
Sam raisy is a man of no future, SRP company cheat alot of our money, now can't you denied this?Rainsy he kick Veit away durring thai waging war, good boy that the thai said!Hunsen is Khmer, kem sokha is khmer, Sam riansy hu not khmer he is chines why you fight against your own peolpe. reunited, if rainsy he got talent why not help now why wait, he want power first then he help khmer later why he do so, Sam rainsy just nobody, we have thousand Khmer people got PHD much better, better and better than Sam rainsy. Anyway Sam rainsy have no leadership skile he was very weak you now know it right?. do you absulutely understand how mess SRP was,Sam Sarry gangster and Sam rainsy always street wilds beast act to divide us Khmer you know that. Mike
The Cambodian troops should have shot to killed some and arrested the rest. According to Kasit Crossing the line is not a serious crime but the Thai every day kill Cambodian people crossing the line! Next time please kill some and arrest all and then negotiate later.
they took this opportunity to come visit cambodia, they might not want to return to their country! siem is so fake and crazy!
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