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Cambodian court questions Thai lawmaker on trespass case
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 30 - 12 - 2010


A Thai parliamentarian and six other Thai
nationals were questioned by a Cambodian court Thursday after being
arrested along the border for alleged trespassing, according to dpa.
Panich Vikitsreth of the ruling Democrat Party was arrested along
with the six other Thais Wednesday in a disputed border area between
Thailand's Sa Keow province and Cambodia's Banteay Meanchey province.
Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said Thursday that the seven
men should be released immediately and dispatched Foreign Minister
Kasit Piromya to Phnom Penh to seek their freedom.
Abhisit noted that both countries had previously agreed there
should be no soldiers in the disputed area where the Thais had been
arrested.
The men visited the border area Wednesday to check on reports that
Cambodian soldiers had moved in to villages claimed by Thailand,
according to Thai government sources.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said late Wednesday that the case
would proceed quickly, adding that he had rebuffed requests from Thai
officials to intervene.
"I think Prime Minister Abhisit will understand Cambodian legal
procedure, which no one can abuse," Hun Sen said, adding that the
group "will face legal punishment because Thai lawmakers cannot use
their parliamentary immunity in Cambodia."
A senior Cambodian official said the group was being held for
"trespassing under immigration law."
"They intruded into Cambodia," the official said, requesting
anonymity because he was not authorized to speak on the matter.
The court hearing Thursday was closed to reporters although it was
attended by the Thai ambassador to Phnom Penh, Prasas Prasavinitchai.
One of the Thais on trial, Veera Somkwamkit, was previously
arrested for illegally entering Cambodia to protest Cambodian
soldiers' occupation of Preah Vihear temple, the source of another
border dispute between the two countries.
Kasit was scheduled to meet with his counterpart, Foreign Minister
Hor Namhong, in the Cambodian capital later Thursday.
Relations between Thailand and Cambodia have been tense for more
than two years with sporadic clashes between troops over disputed
territory surrounding Preah Vihear, 200 kilometres east of Banteay
Meanchey.
The 11th-century Hindu temple, known as Preah Vihear in Cambodia
and Phra Viharn in Thailand, belongs to Cambodia under a 1962 ruling
by the International Court of Justice, but jurisdiction of 4.6 square
kilometres of adjacent land is still in dispute.
The two countries are currently demarcating their border although
talks have been stalled pending a repeatedly delayed vote in the Thai
parliament to approve the latest round of negotiations.


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