By Suy Se
AFP
PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA - A Thai man was convicted and sentenced to seven years in prison Tuesday for spying on fugitive former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra during the tycoon's visit to Cambodia.
Siwarak Chothipong, 31, an employee at the Cambodia Air Traffic Service, was also fined 10 million riel (2,500 dollars) for supplying Thaksin's flight schedule to the Thai embassy when the ousted premier was there last month.
"The flight plan of His Excellency Thaksin was very important for the Thai government, but this information would have caused serious danger to Thaksin," said Phnom Penh Municipal Court judge Ke Sakhan.
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