Monday, 14 December 2009

Thai engineer meet ex-premier Thaksin before release in Cambodia


Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra walks down the steps of his plane upon arrival at Phnom Penh international airport. Thaksin has landed in Cambodia, setting the stage for another diplomatic fracas between the neighbouring countries. (AFP/Str) (CAAI News Media)


Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra (C) shakes hands with Mong Kim Heng, the director of Prey Sar prison, during his visit to see Siwarak Chutipongse in the outskirts of Phnom Penh December 13, 2009. Cambodia's King Norodom Sihamoni granted a pardon on Friday to Siwarak, a Thai engineer sentenced to seven years in jail for leaking the flight schedule of Thaksin. REUTERS/Stringer (CAAI News Media)


Siwarak Chutipongse (C), 31, is escorted by Cambodian police from his cell to meet former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra at Prey Sar prison in the outskirts of Phnom Penh December 13 , 2009. Cambodia's King Norodom Sihamoni granted a pardon on Friday to Siwarak, a Thai engineer sentenced to seven years in jail for leaking the flight schedule of Thaksin. REUTERS/Stringer (CAAI News Media)


Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra (L) speaks to Siwarak Chutipongse (C) and Siwarak's mother Simarak Na Nakhon Panom (R) at Prey Sar prison in the outskirts of Phnom Penh December 13 , 2009. Cambodia's King Norodom Sihamoni granted a pardon on Friday to Siwarak, a Thai engineer sentenced to seven years in jail for leaking the flight schedule of Thaksin. REUTERS/Stringer (CAAI News Media)


Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Sinawatra, center, talks to convicted Sivarak Chutipong, second right, at Prey Sar prison on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sunday, Dec. 13, 2009. Thaksin arrived in Cambodia on Sunday where he met the Thai airline employee convicted of spying on the toppled leader. (AP Photo/Lim Cheavutha) (CAAI News Media)


Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra (C) speaks to Siwarak Chutipongse (2nd R) and Siwarak's mother Simarak Na Nakhon Panom (R) at Prey Sar prison in the outskirts of Phnom Penh December 13 , 2009. Cambodia's King Norodom Sihamoni granted a pardon on Friday to Siwarak, a Thai engineer sentenced to seven years in jail for leaking the flight schedule of Thaksin. Also in the picture are government lawyer Pal Chandara (L) and Prak Sokhon, Cambodia's secretary of state of the council of ministers. REUTERS/Stringer (CAAI News Media)

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