Court jails Thai, Cambodian and Vietnamese for spying

Si Sa Ket - The Ganthalak district court Tuesday sentenced a Thai, a Cambodian and a Vietnamese to two years in jail each on charge of spying along the Thai-Cambodian border.

The three were identified as as Thai national Suchart Muhammad, 32, Cambodian Ung Kimtai, 43, and Vietnamese Nguyen Teng-yang, 37.

They were arrested on June 7 on the Ganthalak-Khao Phrawihan Road in Tambon Khao Phrawihan in Ganthalak district while driving a pick-up truck.

The court convicted them of spying on the locations of the military bases and bunkers of the civilians along the border.

Weerawat Thongsut, the defence lawyer, said the three defendants will appeal against the ruling.

The Nation