Monday, December 14, 2009

Hun Sen and Prisoner

Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen (L) leads Siwarak Chuthipongse by the hand after a meeting at his house in Phnom Penh December 14, 2009 . Siwarak, a Thai engineer working for Cambodian air traffic control who had been found guilty of spying for leaking fugitive former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra's flight details to the Thai embassy, was pardoned last week after a request to Cambodia's king from Thaksin and others, according to a Cambodian minister speaking at the time. Cambodian government spokesman Phay Siphan said Siwarak would be officially freed on Monday at Hun Sen's residence. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea (CAMBODIA - Tags: POLITICS)

Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen (L) poses with Siwarak Chuthipongse (C) and his mother Simarak Na Nakhon Panom (R) at his house in Phnom Penh December 14, 2009. Siwarak, a Thai engineer working for Cambodian air traffic control who had been found guilty of spying for leaking fugitive former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra's flight details to the Thai embassy, was pardoned last week after a request to Cambodia's king from Thaksin and others, according to a Cambodian minister speaking at the time. Cambodian government spokesman Phay Siphan said Siwarak would be officially freed on Monday at Hun Sen's residence. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea (CAMBODIA - Tags: POLITICS)

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen (L) leads Siwarak Chuthipongse by the hand after a meeting at his house in Phnom Penh December 14, 2009. Siwarak, a Thai engineer working for Cambodian air traffic control who had been found guilty of spying for leaking fugitive former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra's flight details to the Thai embassy, was pardoned last week after a request to Cambodia's king from Thaksin and others, according to a Cambodian minister speaking at the time. Cambodian government spokesman Phay Siphan said Siwarak would be officially freed on Monday at Hun Sen's residence. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea (CAMBODIA)

Cambodia prime minister Hun Sen (L) shakes hand with Thai Siwarak Chothipong (3rd-R) after meeting and offered a pardon later at his house in Phnom Penh December 14, 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/Chor Sokunthea (CAMBODIA - Tags: POLITICS)

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, fifth from left, poses for a photograph with Siwarak Chothipong, center, a former Thai airline employee convicted of spying on Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, his mother Simarak Na Nakhon Panom, fifth from right, and parliament members from the Peua Thai Party at Hun Sen's residence in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, Dec. 14, 2009. Cambodia on Monday officially released Siwarak. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith )

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