15 December 2009
Thai-ASEAN News Network
The exiled Cambodian opposition leader says the arrest of a Thai engineer on charge of spying was plotted by the Cambodian prime minister and the Pheu Thai Party for their own political gains.
Speaking on a phone interview with TAN Network last night, Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy said the arrest of Thai engineer Siwarak Chutipong for an act of espionage was set up from the start to the conclusion that saw him receiving royal pardon.
Sam Rainsy said the move was a ploy aiming to help Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and Thai opposition party Pheu Thai boost their popularity.
He also said Hun Sen is deliberately inflaming tension with Thailand and advised the Thai government to exercise restraint in dealing with provocative behaviors of the Cambodian leader and refrain from retaliating against him.
His viewpoints were echoed by Cambodians living abroad.
They posed messages on webboards saying the arrest of Siwarak was a collusion between Hun Sen and parties backed by fugitive former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra to provoke Thailand.
Those Cambodian expats believe the matter aims to divert public attention on Phnom Penh 's inaction against Vietnam's encroachment on thousands of square kilometers of Cambodia's territory.
Meanwhile, Khieu Sothear, public prosecutor of Cambodia's Svay Rieng province, revealed the court on November 24 summoned Sam Rainsy for trial on charges related to his removal of border demarcation posts at the Cambodian-Vietnamese border.
The prosecutor said the Cambodian opposition leader will be charged with inciting an international conflict and vandalism of state property.
The case came after Sam Rainsy led a group of local residents in Svay Rieng province to pull out markers on the border with Vietnam. They said Vietnam has encroached on their country.
The Cambodian parliament has resolved to nullify his parliamentary immunity as an MP. He has then fled to several countries and now lives in France.
Speaking on a phone interview with TAN Network last night, Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy said the arrest of Thai engineer Siwarak Chutipong for an act of espionage was set up from the start to the conclusion that saw him receiving royal pardon.
Sam Rainsy said the move was a ploy aiming to help Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and Thai opposition party Pheu Thai boost their popularity.
He also said Hun Sen is deliberately inflaming tension with Thailand and advised the Thai government to exercise restraint in dealing with provocative behaviors of the Cambodian leader and refrain from retaliating against him.
His viewpoints were echoed by Cambodians living abroad.
They posed messages on webboards saying the arrest of Siwarak was a collusion between Hun Sen and parties backed by fugitive former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra to provoke Thailand.
Those Cambodian expats believe the matter aims to divert public attention on Phnom Penh 's inaction against Vietnam's encroachment on thousands of square kilometers of Cambodia's territory.
Meanwhile, Khieu Sothear, public prosecutor of Cambodia's Svay Rieng province, revealed the court on November 24 summoned Sam Rainsy for trial on charges related to his removal of border demarcation posts at the Cambodian-Vietnamese border.
The prosecutor said the Cambodian opposition leader will be charged with inciting an international conflict and vandalism of state property.
The case came after Sam Rainsy led a group of local residents in Svay Rieng province to pull out markers on the border with Vietnam. They said Vietnam has encroached on their country.
The Cambodian parliament has resolved to nullify his parliamentary immunity as an MP. He has then fled to several countries and now lives in France.
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