Kasit: P.Penh must follow the law

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Kasit: P.Penh must follow the law

Published: 19/11/2009 at 02:38 PM
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Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya insisted on Thursday that Cambodia must comply with the law after Phnom Penh banned Thai nationals from working at Cambodian Air Traffic Services (CATS), which is operated by Thailand's Samart Corporation.

The Cambodian government has ordered the air traffic control company to replace all Thai workers with Cambodians and has seized all the company's equipment.

Mr Kasit said any action against the company and its employees must be strictly according to the law, and comply with Cambodia's investment and internal regulations.

"As for Thailand, we'll wait for reports from the Thai embassy to Phnom Pehn. We hope that we'll receive factual information from Cambodia and the [Samart] company," he said.

"If the Cambodian action does not follow the terms of the bilateral agreement between our two countries, we'll have to find other ways to continue."

The Foreign Ministry had sent the Consular Affairs Department deputy director-general to see the mother of Thai engineer Siwarak Chutiphong, who was arrested by the Cambodian government last week on spying charges.

Mr Kasit said Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva had promised Mr Siwarak's mother that he will visit her detained son.

He said the government had to wait for Cambodia's confirmation of a time for the meeting with Mr Siwarak. The ministry had also hired a lawyer to liaise with the company about the problem.

"There are, however, no problems in Thai-Cambodian relations," he insisted.

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Sky

Discussion 16 : 20/11/2009 at 08:40 AM16
Kasit, everything depend on LAW but why did you break the law of MOU? If Siriwak is innocent i think he will arrive Thailand soon.
Kasit

Discussion 15 : 20/11/2009 at 01:12 AM15
Kasit is crazy or what ! He did not obey any law.
He should close his mouth ! He created to many problems every time he open it.
LOL

Discussion 14 : 19/11/2009 at 11:54 PM14
Yes. Kasit! you told Cambodia to obey the law and contracts Why you told your own cabinet to destroy the contract and MOU.

Sorry Abhishit, you selected the in-correct FM.

Kasit created too many problems you!
He is a trouble-maker. Since he became FM...instead of helping you. He kept destroying the party.
SeepornTip

Discussion 13 : 19/11/2009 at 11:04 PM13
Kasit- who is this idiot? He need to C kdouy thai more often in order to sense or understand his own statement. What a crook!
nong

Discussion 12 : 19/11/2009 at 10:44 PM12
How about MOU Cancellation by Thailand? Respect law oh god kasit? I will fired u if i were govt, cos u fail many time: first, invitation of incapacity to invite all leaders for Asean, now talked want to get info of thanksin flight..wow so bad.
Amarillo

Discussion 11 : 19/11/2009 at 09:32 PM11
Abhisit and Kasit were right to cancel the M.o.U. because the agreement document was uncompleted by the Cambodian government. If you see the MoU sea map, Thailand (Or Thaksin administration) gave a lots of Thai sea sectors to Cambodia.
Cambodia, in exchange gave apparently nothing to Thailand! No compensation!
Why no body knows what about the missing part of the deal?
Except Thaksin and Un Sen! This smells a secret deal between the two.
Hirata

Discussion 10 : 19/11/2009 at 08:01 PM10
Hey Khun Kasit, what law and agreement you want Cambodia to follow if your government already cancel MOU. PAD law ?????
Rjed

Discussion 9 : 19/11/2009 at 06:19 PM9
Look who is talking. He is all the time breaking the law in Thailand and then now in Cambodia by spying and maybe later in some other countries too being the foreign minister. What a hell is this Abhisit government doing by not firing him first? He has been a big liability to this government. This is now the problem because Abhisit is beholden of his PM post to the PAD then he has no balls even to shot a single fire to Kasit and the PAD. Wake up thailand, we want to see your glorious days back..
Az

Discussion 8 : 19/11/2009 at 06:13 PM8
Yeah.. what a joke! Kasit and Abhisit's government calling Cambodia to respect the laws (belaterial agreement) but wait, what have they done with the MOU earlier. The whole world is looking at you!!
David Brown

Discussion 7 : 19/11/2009 at 05:49 PM7
Kasit started this issue by ordering the embassy to get details of Thaksins flights...

(so the Thai people that like flying F16s could chase and do something to Thaksin???)

now when Kasit is found out he has a problem and no doubt Abhisit is demanding that he fix it quick!

Kasit knows how to manipulate and evade the law but still tries to use it for his own benefit when he is desperate.

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