Friday, December 31, 2010

Cambodia charges Thais over border incident

Foreign Ministers, Hor Namhong (foreground, right) of Cambodia, and Kasit Piromya of Thailand, enter a meeting room of Cambodian Foreign Ministry in Phnom Penh. -- PHOTO: AP
Dec 30, 2010
AFP

PHNOM PENH - A CAMBODIAN court on Thursday charged seven Thais, including a politician, with illegally entering its territory, a prosecutor said, after they were detained near the countries' disputed border.

'The court has charged them with illegally crossing the border... and entering a military area with ill will,' Sok Roeun, deputy prosecutor at Phnom Penh Municipal Court, told AFP by telephone.

The seven, including lawmaker Panich Vikitsreth of the ruling Democrat Party, appeared at a closed-door hearing at the court, a day after being detained by Cambodia.
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