Published: 11/12/2009
Bangkok Post
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Friday welcomed news of a royal pardon for a Thai jailed in Cambodia for spying, Sivarak Chutipong, but said the government had not received official confirmation from Phnom Penh.
He said it would be good if the report wasrue because this would mean Mr Sivarak's freedom.
However, the government insists it had never ordered Sivarak to steal information on former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra's flight plan as alleged.
His mother, Simarak na Nakhon Phanom, has alleged that Kamrob Palawatwichai, former first secretary to the Thai embassy in Phnom Penh, called her son on the telephone and asked for the informatuion.
The prime minister said he was not worried that the government would be attacked over this matter, believing most people would understand how it happened.
Mr Abhisit was not certain Sivarak's release would help restore Thai-Cambodian relations because the Thai engineer was not the cause of the problems.
The prime minister also said he did not know if former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, now Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen's economic adviser, would travel to Cambodia again on Dec 14 as reported.
The government would try to arrest him if his plane entered Thai air space. If he really traveled to Cambodia, the government would again seek his extradition, Mr Abhisit said.
Bangkok Post
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Friday welcomed news of a royal pardon for a Thai jailed in Cambodia for spying, Sivarak Chutipong, but said the government had not received official confirmation from Phnom Penh.
He said it would be good if the report wasrue because this would mean Mr Sivarak's freedom.
However, the government insists it had never ordered Sivarak to steal information on former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra's flight plan as alleged.
His mother, Simarak na Nakhon Phanom, has alleged that Kamrob Palawatwichai, former first secretary to the Thai embassy in Phnom Penh, called her son on the telephone and asked for the informatuion.
The prime minister said he was not worried that the government would be attacked over this matter, believing most people would understand how it happened.
Mr Abhisit was not certain Sivarak's release would help restore Thai-Cambodian relations because the Thai engineer was not the cause of the problems.
The prime minister also said he did not know if former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, now Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen's economic adviser, would travel to Cambodia again on Dec 14 as reported.
The government would try to arrest him if his plane entered Thai air space. If he really traveled to Cambodia, the government would again seek his extradition, Mr Abhisit said.
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