Monday, 03 January 2011
Cheang Sokha
The Phnom Penh Post
Family members of a Thai parliamentarian arrested for trespassing in Banteay Meanchey province visited him in prison on Monday ahead of what is sure to be a high-profile trial that will test the newly-improved relations between Thailand and Cambodia.
Panich Vikitsreth, an MP from Thailand’s ruling Democrat Party, was part of a group of seven Thai nationals arrested in Banteay Meanchey last week, across the border from Thailand’s Sa Kaeo province.
Heng Hak, director of the general department of prisons at the Ministry of Interior, said relatives of Panich and the other Thais had travelled to Prey Sar prison on Monday to see them.
“The detainees made a request for the meeting via the Thai Embassy in Phnom Penh,” Heng Hak said, adding that he was unsure of exactly how many visitors were in the group.
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