Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Socheata
The sister of Thailand’s coup leader was detained by Banteay Meanchey province custom officers, and her car was impounded when the woman illegally drove her right-handed steering wheel car into Cambodia. The Rasmei Kampuchea newspaper quoted The Nation which reported that 49-year-old Kaknit Boonyaratglin was arrested along with her car by Cambodian custom officers a few weeks ago. The custom officers did not know that this woman is the sister of the current Thai army leader. The younger sister of General Sonthi Boonyaratglin drove a right-handed steering wheel silver Toyota pickup truck into Cambodia through the Poipet international gate on 29 July 2007. When she entered about 200-meter into Poipet commune, the woman stopped her car and changed the Thai license plate to a Cambodian one. Later on, she was arrested by Cambodian custom officers who sent her and her car to their office in Sereysophorn (Sisophon) district. A custom official indicated, at first, the Cambodian authority did not known that she is General Sonthi’s sister, it was not until the Thai authority came to ask for her release that the Cambodian authority knew about this fact, and released her back to Thailand. However, her car is still being impounded in Cambodia.
