January 26, 2011
The Nation
The Nation
Nationalist elements within the yellow-shirt movement do the country no favours by exacerbating border disputes with our neighbour
Whatever their real intentions were, we will probably never know. But five of the seven Thai nationals, including a Democrat MP, who were arrested for trespassing last month in Banteay Meanchey province of Cambodia should consider themselves lucky for having been freed on suspended sentences.
It is hoped that this decision will take this high-profile case - which has strained already shaky diplomatic ties - one step closer to a conclusion. After all, there are more important things that Thailand and Cambodia should be focusing on instead of the plight of seven nationalists who had no business crossing illegally into a neighbouring country.
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Whatever their real intentions were, we will probably never know. But five of the seven Thai nationals, including a Democrat MP, who were arrested for trespassing last month in Banteay Meanchey province of Cambodia should consider themselves lucky for having been freed on suspended sentences.
It is hoped that this decision will take this high-profile case - which has strained already shaky diplomatic ties - one step closer to a conclusion. After all, there are more important things that Thailand and Cambodia should be focusing on instead of the plight of seven nationalists who had no business crossing illegally into a neighbouring country.
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