Veer and Ratree escorted to court.People's Daily News
April 06, 2011
Cambodian government has rejected Thai's demand to ask King Norodom Sihamoni to grant a royal pardon to the two high-profile "Yellow-shirt" activists jailed in Cambodia for espionage, said Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong on Wednesday.
"According to Cambodian law, whoever with the conviction of crime, he/she has to serve two-thirds of jail term before being considered for royal pardon," Deputy Prime Minister Hor Namhong, minister of foreign affairs and international cooperation, told reporters on Wednesday at Phnom Penh International Airport before leaving for border meetings with Thailand in Indonesia.
"So they (the two Thais) have not met the qualification for royal amnesty," he added.
Thai ambassador to Cambodia Prasas Prasasvinitchai submitted an official letter to Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on March 16, asking for a royal pardon from King Norodom Sihamoni for the two Thais.
The two Thai prisoners are Veera Somkwamkid, one of the leaders of the People's Network against Corruption and a high- profile activist in the Thailand Patriot Network, and his secretary Ratree Pipatanapaiboon. Now they are being detained at Prey Sar prison, on the outskirts of Phnom Penh.
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court, on Feb. 1, convicted Veera and Ratree of illegal entry, unlawful entry into military base and espionage and sentenced them to eight years and six years in jail respectively.
The two Thais are among the seven Thais, included a Democrat Member of Parliament for Bangkok Panich Vikitsreth, who were arrested on Dec. 29 last year for illegal entry into Cambodia.
The other five Thais were given a suspended sentence of none months and fined 250 U.S. dollars each on Jan. 21 for illegal entry and unlawful entry into military base and they were released to home the following day.
Source: Xinhua
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No pardon for Thai pair in spying case, Cambodia says
Apr 6, 2011,
Phnom Penh (DPA)- Two Thai nationals jailed in February on charges of spying will not be granted a royal pardon, the Cambodian government said Wednesday.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Koy Kuong said the Thai embassy in Phnom Penh has been informed. It had requested the pardon in March.
'We sent them the note to inform them that we respect our law, and according to our law the convict will serve at least two-thirds of the prison term,' Koy Kuong said.
'After that, the convict may be considered for a royal pardon.'
Thai political activist Veera Somkwamkit was jailed for eight years on charges of spying, crossing the border, and illegally entering a military base. His secretary, Ratree Taiputana, was sentenced to six years on the same charges.
Veera is a former leader of the nationalist People's Alliance for Democracy movement, also known as the yellow shirts.
Five other Thais who were arrested in the December 29 border-crossing incident were sentenced to nine months jail in January, eight months of which were suspended. They had been charged with crossing the border and illegally entering a military area.
The five, among them Panich Vikitsreth, a lawmaker of Thailand's ruling Democrat Party, were then deported from Cambodia since they had already spent a month in jail awaiting trial.
The seven maintained they had crossed the border accidentally.
Koy Kuong said that the case of Veera and Ratree was different from that of Siwarak Chothipong, a Thai national arrested in November 2009 and convicted of spying after being found guilty of passing on the flight details of the fugitive Thai ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra.
Siwarak was freed days later in what the Cambodian government described at the time as a 'humanitarian gesture.'
April 06, 2011
Cambodian government has rejected Thai's demand to ask King Norodom Sihamoni to grant a royal pardon to the two high-profile "Yellow-shirt" activists jailed in Cambodia for espionage, said Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong on Wednesday.
"According to Cambodian law, whoever with the conviction of crime, he/she has to serve two-thirds of jail term before being considered for royal pardon," Deputy Prime Minister Hor Namhong, minister of foreign affairs and international cooperation, told reporters on Wednesday at Phnom Penh International Airport before leaving for border meetings with Thailand in Indonesia.
"So they (the two Thais) have not met the qualification for royal amnesty," he added.
Thai ambassador to Cambodia Prasas Prasasvinitchai submitted an official letter to Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on March 16, asking for a royal pardon from King Norodom Sihamoni for the two Thais.
The two Thai prisoners are Veera Somkwamkid, one of the leaders of the People's Network against Corruption and a high- profile activist in the Thailand Patriot Network, and his secretary Ratree Pipatanapaiboon. Now they are being detained at Prey Sar prison, on the outskirts of Phnom Penh.
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court, on Feb. 1, convicted Veera and Ratree of illegal entry, unlawful entry into military base and espionage and sentenced them to eight years and six years in jail respectively.
The two Thais are among the seven Thais, included a Democrat Member of Parliament for Bangkok Panich Vikitsreth, who were arrested on Dec. 29 last year for illegal entry into Cambodia.
The other five Thais were given a suspended sentence of none months and fined 250 U.S. dollars each on Jan. 21 for illegal entry and unlawful entry into military base and they were released to home the following day.
Source: Xinhua
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No pardon for Thai pair in spying case, Cambodia says
Apr 6, 2011,
Phnom Penh (DPA)- Two Thai nationals jailed in February on charges of spying will not be granted a royal pardon, the Cambodian government said Wednesday.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Koy Kuong said the Thai embassy in Phnom Penh has been informed. It had requested the pardon in March.
'We sent them the note to inform them that we respect our law, and according to our law the convict will serve at least two-thirds of the prison term,' Koy Kuong said.
'After that, the convict may be considered for a royal pardon.'
Thai political activist Veera Somkwamkit was jailed for eight years on charges of spying, crossing the border, and illegally entering a military base. His secretary, Ratree Taiputana, was sentenced to six years on the same charges.
Veera is a former leader of the nationalist People's Alliance for Democracy movement, also known as the yellow shirts.
Five other Thais who were arrested in the December 29 border-crossing incident were sentenced to nine months jail in January, eight months of which were suspended. They had been charged with crossing the border and illegally entering a military area.
The five, among them Panich Vikitsreth, a lawmaker of Thailand's ruling Democrat Party, were then deported from Cambodia since they had already spent a month in jail awaiting trial.
The seven maintained they had crossed the border accidentally.
Koy Kuong said that the case of Veera and Ratree was different from that of Siwarak Chothipong, a Thai national arrested in November 2009 and convicted of spying after being found guilty of passing on the flight details of the fugitive Thai ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra.
Siwarak was freed days later in what the Cambodian government described at the time as a 'humanitarian gesture.'
2 comments:
I watched his younger brother and his yellow shirt friend have an interview on the thai tv rudely speaking criticized our king " khmer king is illegally pardon sovalak (thai engineer caught stealing thaksin flight plan)why khmer king not follow constitution of cambodia" one of his friend said " I feel deeply for innocent veera i know he's done nothing wrong ".
this is the the URL:
http://www.youtube.com/user/KOMCHADLUEK#p/u/3/EcNS9KFGvOg
cambodian killed by thai soldiers got no chance to testify in court of law every evidences may be was planted by thai soldiers dead man cannot speak .
these two thais video tapes themselves show clearly what they have been done why they playing dumb. now they find the way to excuse themselves to get out from the cages.
this guy is the core of the standoff between siam and cambodia on the border issues.
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