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Supalak in The Nation:
BP: Actually, isn't it because no one in Thailand cares what the UAE does, and even fewer people know whether the UAE is on the map. Given the dislike or disdain of Cambodia amongst segments of the population and the history of the relationship between the two countries, Thaksin's appointment provided an opportunity for the government to exploit this. Whipping up nationalist sentiment against the UAE wouldn't have worked, but against Cambodia, that is a different story. That was why Cambodia was chosen and not the UAE.
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It's because Cambodia is a member or Asean and UAE is not, and also because Thaksin stays(-ed) in Dubai, which is a relatively independent emirate. Abu Dhabi rulers are less accommodating and after Dubai financial troubles they reportedly told him to tone it down as they are about to reassert their authority over Dubai. Thai embassy inquired about arrival of a Thai national, broadcast on TV, and a guy who answered the question got seven years in jail because he happened to be Thai national, too. Supalak is going out of his way to find faults with Thai government here.
It is not very persuasive to say that Thailand do not request extradition of Thaksin from Dubai just because it is not a member of Asian. It is just unfair. About spy in Cambodia, actually, we would probably never know the real truth since it is related to Politic. But one thing that i am sure of is that the Thai Government knew about Thaksin as Nikke whatsoever after the case. It is normal that all the opposition always try to find the government's mistakes, it happen in every democracy countries.
The spy apparently recanted his early confession. It was widely reported that he confessed to giving the flight schedule to the First secretary. I was quite surprised when he pleaded not guilty and said he did not pass on the flight schedule. As previously stated we will never know the true story but it does look like a change of statement for a future pardon. On a totally different note:- How come the security code when we are required to log in to comment? Is our log in not secure? This thing is anoying as the BKPost one.
Thailand doesn't have extradition treaty with UAE, they deal with these things on a case by case basis, and Thais have talked to UAE plenty of times on the issue, but I don't think they have direct diplomatic access to the sheik of Dubai. Traditionally Thai preferred solution is if Thaksin stays quietly somewhere far enough and enjoys his mining business or whatever and that's what they probably asked of UAE, despite public talks of extradition. >> We don't know what the confession was and what details were passed from Siwarak to the embassy, and what qualifies for "flight information" in terms of danger to Cambodian national security. Perhaps some evidence, like e-mail and phone call interceptions, was inadmissible in the the court and so legally don't exist but everyone involved knows what happened anyway. Would explain why Siwarak retracted his earlier confession. I can't understand their plea if the pardon was their plan from the every beginning. The Cambodian reality is that everyone wants some Siamese blood for reasons not related to Siwarak himself, the King would have some explaining to do if he doesn't give it to them. Now their Defense Minister inserted himself as a link between Phuea Thai and Hun Sen, looks like getting to the King is not as easy as it seems even for Thaksin.
I can tell by the tone of the government here in Phnom Penh, and the fact he received the minimum sentence for the crime that he'll get a pardon. He has been generally painted as a pawn in a larger conspiracy being orchestrated by the Thai embassy by the local press. When he gets that pardon will be purely political, with the question being whether or not the Cambodian government wishes to make it appear the Pheu Thai Party holds any sway with them. If they do he will be out soon, if not they will wait until the story has died down and his release will only make the news in brief sections of the regional papers. I still don't think the Cambodian government is fully in bed with Thaksin and would change sides in a heart beat if they thought it was in Cambodia's best interests in relation to border issues. This whole incident was just a message to the Thai government telling them that although they will always be able to use conflicts with Cambodia to stir up nationalism, it will no longer be at a time of their own choosing.
Now there's Pardon hits a snag story in Bangkok Post, and there's also this khmer blog: Please stay away! that gives a couple of reasons why pardon should not be granted now. The issue of Thai soldiers shooting Cambodian villagers who crossed the border has been on Phnom Penh's Post front page for a while. I doubt that "Son of the Empire" speaks only for himself there.
Never mind, apparently Siwarak\\\'s been pardoned even before the request was submitted. |
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