19 November 2009
Thai-ASEAN News Network
The Deputy Director-General of the information department at the Foreign Affairs Ministry gave an update on the case of a Thai engineer arrested by Cambodian authorities on charges of espionage.
Deputy Director-General of the Foreign Affairs Ministry's information department, Thani Thongpakdi, revealed that the ministry has received official notification from Cambodia of the charges, but details can not be revealed as the matter is now in court.
Thani said the Foreign Affairs Ministry is providing a Cambodian lawyer who is experienced in human rights issue for Siwarak, as Cambodia's law indicates that only Cambodian attorneys are allowed to represent a client in court.
Siwarak can choose whether he wants to use the Ministry's lawyer, or his personal lawyer.
Following news reports that opposition Pheu Thai Party chairman General Chavalit Yongchaiyudh would fly to Cambodia and bring Siwarak back to Thailand, Thani commented that the incident happened due convicted ex-premier prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra's visit to Phnom Penh, and that whoever gives a hand to help Siwarak is doing good, but they must not make the story more complicated.
The Deputy Director-General added that the Deputy Director-General of the Consular Affairs Department visited Siwarak's family in Nakhon Ratchasima province to give moral support and will later take those with a ready passport to visit Siwarak in Phnom Penh, if they are allowed by Cambodian authorities.
Regarding Pheu Thai MP Jatuporn Promphan's claim about an audio clip of a conversation of Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya ordering the first secretary of the Thai embassy in Phnom Penh to send the ex-pm's flight plan to the Thai government, Thani said that the claim will have to be examined.
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