Original report from Phnom Penh
12 January 2010
Cambodia has returned responsibility for its air traffic to a team of Thai controllers that had been suspended since November—with changes officials say will improve national security.
The Thai-owned company, Cambodian Air Traffic Services, saw its senior Thai staff replaced by Cambodian counterparts in the wake of a scandal in November, when one of its employees reported flight information to the Thai Embassy in Phnom Penh.
The employee, Siwarak Chotipong, was charged as a spy by a Cambodian court for reporting information related to ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra, who was expected to arrive in Cambodia as a new economic adviser to Prime Minister Hun Sen.
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