Original report from Phnom Penh
11 December 2009
King Norodom Sihamoni issued a royal pardon on Friday for a Thai citizen sentenced to seven years in prison for alleged espionage, a government spokesman said Monday.
The pardon of Siwarak Chothipong, a 31-year-old Thai engineer, came after an official request from the Pheu Thai Party, which is affiliated with former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra, the spokesman, Khieu Kanharith, said.
Siwarak was arrested in November after allegedly revealing flight information related to Thaksin, who was entering Cambodia as an economic adviser to Prime Minister Hun Sen in the midst of a diplomatic crisis.
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