Mother to see Sivarak Friday

Foreign Ministry officials and family of Sivarak Chutipong are allowed to visit the Thai engineer being detained on spy charges at Prey Sar prison in Phnom Penh on Friday, Information Department director-general Vimon Kidchob said on Wednesday.

Citing a reply letter from Cambodia, Ms Vimon said the visit can be made on Friday at 2pm.

Mathurotpojana Itharong, deputy director-general of the Consular Affairs Department, informed Simarak na Nakhon Phanom, Mr Sivarak's mother, of the good news today.

Ms Mathurotpojana and Mrs Simarak and Pongsuree, Mr Sivarak's younger brother, will fly to Cambodia on Friday morning.