By SOPHENG CHEANG
Associated Press
Thailand's fugitive ex-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra arrived in Cambodia on Sunday where he met a Thai airline employee convicted of spying on the toppled leader.
Thaksin's visit, the second in less than a month, is certain to further stoke tensions between the neighboring Southeast Asian countries.
Cambodia's King Norodom Sihamoni pardoned Siwarak Chothipong, 31, Friday, three days after he was sentenced to seven years in prison for spying on Thaksin. He will be released Monday.
Thaksin was driven from the airport straight to Prey Sar prison, where Siwarak is being held. Local radio stations said some 300 special forces troops were deployed along the path of his motorcade and around the prison compound.
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