December 8, 2009
PHNOM PENH (AFP) - A Thai man was convicted and sentenced to seven years in prison Tuesday for spying on fugitive former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra during his 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 tycoon visited last month.
