Friday, 18 December 2009

Jailed Cambodian women in Thailand should be released: Hun Sen


Thursday, 17 December 2009 09:14 DAP-NEWS

DAP via CAAI News Media

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday asked the Thai government to release two Khmer women who sentenced to death in Thailand in exchange for two Muslim Thai teachers released by Cambodia.

“We already released two Muslim Thai teachers this year who were charged with a terrorism plot in our country but so far Thailand does not set free two Khmer women as an exchange,” he said at the National Institute of Education.

“When Thai PM Abhisit visited in June, he asked me to exchange two prisoners and we agreed but when we released those two Thai (teachers), Thailand so far has not released the two Khmer women yet,” he added. The two Thai religious teachers, Muhammad Yalaluding and Abdul Azi Haji Chiming from Yala in Thailand, were arrested in 2003 and charged with terrorist acts by organizing a plot to attack Western embassies in Phnom Penh. They were sentenced to life inprisonment.

Cambodia and Thailand’s relations have soured since July 15, 2008 when Thai troops were sent to areas near the 11th century Preah Vihear temple. Both sides recalled their respective ambassadors last month.

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