Veera Somkwamkid being led to court by Cambodian police.Peopel's Daily Online
January 03, 2011
The supporters of the Thailand Patriot Network are not allowed to rally against Cambodia near the border in Sa Kaeo province as they planned, said Maj Gen Walit Rojanapakdee, commander of the Burapa Force, on Monday.
According to Bangkok Post online, Walit said he had coordinated with governor of Sa Kaeo province to hold talks with the network' s core leaders to ask them to rally only in Sa Kaeo's Khoke Soong district.
He said the rally near the Thai-Cambodian border area was not allowed as it could create problems for local residents.
There has been concerns that the rally would further strain the relations between the two countries after seven Thais, including the Democrat MP Panich Vikitsreth and the Thailand Patriot Network leader Veera Somkwamkid, were detained by Cambodian military on Wednesday when they were visiting a disputed border area.
Chaiwat Sinsuwong, a core leader of the network, said at a press conference on Sunday that some supporters of "yellow-shirts", a political movement to which the network belongs, would rally against Cambodia on Monday in the eastern border province of Sa Kaeo, to call for the release of the seven detained Thais.
The Network claimed that the seven Thais had been arrested on Thai soil and so they would demand that Cambodian authorities release them immediately.
While Panich also claimed he had been arrested while visiting Thai villagers on Thai soil, Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya admitted that the seven Thais were inside Cambodia when they were arrested, according to The Nation online.
Foreign Ministry Spokesman Thani Thongphakdee said Sunday that the Royal Survey Department and Foreign Ministry officials had inspected the disputed area and confirmed that the seven Thais were on Cambodian soil, The Nation said.
Source: Xinhua
According to Bangkok Post online, Walit said he had coordinated with governor of Sa Kaeo province to hold talks with the network' s core leaders to ask them to rally only in Sa Kaeo's Khoke Soong district.
He said the rally near the Thai-Cambodian border area was not allowed as it could create problems for local residents.
There has been concerns that the rally would further strain the relations between the two countries after seven Thais, including the Democrat MP Panich Vikitsreth and the Thailand Patriot Network leader Veera Somkwamkid, were detained by Cambodian military on Wednesday when they were visiting a disputed border area.
Chaiwat Sinsuwong, a core leader of the network, said at a press conference on Sunday that some supporters of "yellow-shirts", a political movement to which the network belongs, would rally against Cambodia on Monday in the eastern border province of Sa Kaeo, to call for the release of the seven detained Thais.
The Network claimed that the seven Thais had been arrested on Thai soil and so they would demand that Cambodian authorities release them immediately.
While Panich also claimed he had been arrested while visiting Thai villagers on Thai soil, Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya admitted that the seven Thais were inside Cambodia when they were arrested, according to The Nation online.
Foreign Ministry Spokesman Thani Thongphakdee said Sunday that the Royal Survey Department and Foreign Ministry officials had inspected the disputed area and confirmed that the seven Thais were on Cambodian soil, The Nation said.
Source: Xinhua
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