The Nation
November 29, 2011
Cambodia has granted permission for a Thai doctor to visit activist Veera Somkhamkid (pictured) in Pray Sar prison on the outskirts of Phnom Penh in order to treat the detainee for a chronic illness, Foreign Minister Surapong Towichuk-chaikul said yesterday.
The visit is expected to take place next week. Veera and Ratree Pipattanapai-boon have been held since last December, a Cambodian court having convicted them of espionage after they inspected disputed border areas near Ban Nongchan in Sa Kaeo.
Veera was sentenced to eight years' imprisonment, while Ratree was jailed for six years for the same charge.
The two yellow-shirt activists moved against Cambodia in the context of their campaign against Thaksin Shinawatra, accusing the neighbouring country of seizing Thai territory in collaboration with the former prime minister.
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