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Bangkok - The Cambodian government on Monday released a Thai national convicted of spying on the official visit last month of fugitive former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra, whose appointment as an economic adviser to the country has irked Thailand. Sivarak Chutipong, a Thai national jailed in Preysar Prison since November 12, was freed with a royal pardon granted by Cambodian King Sihamoni at Prime Minister Hun Sen's residence Monday morning, the state-run Thai News Agency (TNA) reported.
The ceremony was attended by Sivarak, his mother Simarak Na Nakhon Panom and four members of the Puea Thai opposition party, TNA said.
It was not immediately clear whether Thaksin, who flew in to Phnom Penh on Sunday, was present at the release which he helped engineer through a personal request to Hun Sen, a close friend.
Sivarak was scheduled to arrive in Bangkok Monday afternoon.
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