Thursday, December 17, 2009

Sivarak's mum threatens to sue Suthep

17/12/2009
Bangkok Post

The mother of pardoned spy Sivarak Chutipong on Thursday threatened to sue Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban if he does not stop claiming that the arrest of her son in Cambodia was staged.

Simarak na Nakhon Phanom said she and her son had told the media that they forgave the people who said the case was politically motivated, but Mr Suthep still said everything about the case was staged.

"This makes my family very uncomfortable, if Mr Suthep doesn't stop commenting on this I may take legal action against him," the angry mother said.

She said Kamrob Palawatwichai, the diplomat who requested Thaksin's flight information from Mr Sivarak last month, had yet to contact her family.

"However, my son and I don't think it's necessary for Mr Kamrob to talk with us now. If he has anything to say about this, he can speak through the media," Mrs Simarak said.

Mr Sivarak, a 31-year-old engineer employed by Cambodia Airport Traffic Services (CATS), was sentenced to seven years in jail and fined 10 million riels (about 82,000 baht) on Dec 8 after being arrested by Cambodian authorities on charges of passing state information about Thaksin's flights to the Thai embassy in Phnom Penh. He was granted a pardon by King Norodom Sihamoni last Friday and returned to Bangkok with his mother on Monday.

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