Bangkok Post
Immigration police at a Sa Kaeo border checkpoint have arrested a woman reporter who is wanted on an arrest warrant for taking part in the yellow-shirts' occupation of two Bangkok airports in 2008.
Police said on Monday that Tonfan Saeng-atit, 52, was apprehended late Sunday night as she went to cross the border to cover the prosecution of the seven detained Thais being held in Phnom Penh.
She was escorted to the Crime Suppression Division head office in Bangkok today.
Ms Tonfan denied involvement in any wrongdoing and was later released on 300,000 baht ($10,000) bail.
Ms Tonfan, a reporter for FM TV and 13 Siam Thai TV Online, is wanted under an arrest warrant. She is accused of taking part in the People’s Alliance for Democracy's seizure of Don Mueang and Suvarnabhumi airports in 2008. The protesters were demanding the resignation of then Somchai Wongsawat government, which was viewed as being a nominee of ousted former premier Thaksin Shinawatra.
The PAD has also played an active role in protesting against Cambodia’s claims of ownership of disputed areas along the border.
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