HL: Hun Sen orders early release for Thai "patriots" jailed for border espionage.

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Thais pin hopes on early release

Cambodian PM steps in to help Veera, Ratree

Published: 11 Jan 2013 at 00.00
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Two Thais jailed in Cambodia for espionage and illegal entry are pinning their hopes on being released early.

The Cambodian Ministry of Justice is mulling Prime Minister Hun Sen's instruction to reduce the prison term for Veera Somkwamkid and to give a royal pardon to Ratree Pipattanapaiboon, a press statement issued by the Foreign Ministry of Cambodia said Thursday.

The statement said Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra asked the Cambodian prime minister during the Asean Summit in Phnom Penh in November last year to consider pardoning the two imprisoned Thais. She made the same request on Thursday.

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thaibuzz
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Discussion 3 : 11 Jan 2013 at 05.593
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musashi #2.

It is because of ppl in the current government that those 2 prisoners ended up in jail in the first place. Using "colorless" and "magnanimous" as attributes to describe this behaviour is plain drivel if you know the background.

The wouldn't have been jailed if it wasn't for their hostility towards Thaksin.
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Discussion 2 : 11 Jan 2013 at 04.312
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Congratulations to the PT government for its colorless and magnanimous effort to help their political opponents.

Abandoned by the PAD leaders, and forsaken by the Dems, these two could have been released earlier if not for their leaders' hostility towards Cambodia.

Let this be a lesson for all PAD supporters - never too late to repent and join the peace-loving majority.
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Discussion 1 : 11 Jan 2013 at 04.081
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any upcoming press release on Sombat's case in Laos?
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