Source: Xinhua
Cambodian government has rejected Thai’s demand to ask King Norodom Sihamoni to grant a royal pardon to the two high-profile “Yellow-shirt” activists jailed in Cambodia for espionage, said Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong on Wednesday.
“According to Cambodian law, whoever with the conviction of crime, he/she has to server two-thirds of jail term before being considered for royal pardon,” Deputy Prime Minister Hor Namhong, minister of foreign affairs and international cooperation, told reporters on Wednesday at Phnom Penh International Airport before leaving for border meetings with Thailand in Indonesia.
“So they (the two Thais) have not met the qualification for royal amnesty,” he added.
Thai ambassador to Cambodia Prasas Prasasvinitchai submitted an official letter to Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on March 16, asking for a royal pardon from King Norodom Sihamoni for the two Thais.
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