Sunday, January 2, 2011

Thai activists submit letter to UN seeking help to release 7 detained Thais [-Dream on PAD Thai!]

[[PAD] activists will go Monday to the area where the seven Thais were detained in order to pressure Cambodia to immediately release them and apologise to the Thai people
BANGKOK, Jan 1 (MCOT online news) - Thailand Patriot Network representatives on Saturday submitted a letter to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, asking for justice, humanity and to respect the civil rights of seven Thais currently detained in Cambodia.

The group, led by Somboon Thongburan and Tossapon Kaewtima, left the letter with a United Nations security officer at the world body's Bangkok office on Rajdamneon Road.

The seven detained Thais, including Democrat Party member of parliament Panich Vikitsreth and members of the so-called 'Yellow Shirt' Peoples Alliance for Democracy (PAD) protest movement, were apprehended by Cambodian troops on Wednesday while inspecting the border areas Thailand shares with Cambodia's Banteay Meanchey province. Cambodia said the seven Thais intruded onto its soil.
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