Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Veera gets eight years in prison

Veera Somkwamkid
Ratree Pipatanapaiboon
1/02/2011
Bangkok Post

A Cambodian court on Tuesday evening sentenced yellow-shirt activist Veera Somkwamkid to eight years in prison without probation and his secretary Ratree Pipatanapaiboon six years without probation on charges of trespassing and espionage.

Mr Veera was fined 1.8 million riel (about 13,000 baht) and Mrs Ratree 1.2 million riel (about 10,000 baht).

They later returned to Prey Sar prison in Phnom Penh.

The court gave them one month to file an appeal.

Mr Veera and Mrs Ratree, along with five other Thais, were arrested by Cambodian soldiers and charged with illegally entering Cambodia on Dec 29.

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