Thursday 30/12/2010
Gulf Times (Doha, Qatar)
Cambodian officials yesterday denied media reports that they had released a Thai legislator who had been arrested earlier that day as he was inspecting a disputed area on the Thai-Cambodian border.
Panich Vikitsreth, a member of the ruling Democrat Party, was among a group of seven people detained by Cambodian troops in a disputed zone in Aranyaprathet district of Sa Keow province, 200km east of Bangkok, Thai Foreign Ministry spokesman Thani Thongphakdi said.
Thai media reports yesterday afternoon said the group had been released. Dy Phen, director of the border relations office in Cambodia’s Banteay Meanchey province, said officials were “negotiating” with their Thai counterparts on the case.
“We have not yet released them,” he said.
A senior Cambodian official said the group was being held for “trespassing under immigration law.”
“They intruded into Cambodia,” the official said, requesting anonymity as he was not authorised to speak on the matter.
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