Provincial jail sends drug offenders to Cambodia
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Thai authorities yesterday extradited four Cambodian drug offenders through Sa Kaew's Aranyaprathet border checkpoint to serve the rest of their jail terms in Cambodia - following a request from both Cambodia and the inmates.
Attending the handover at the Cambodian consulate in Aranyaprathet, Sa Kaew prison director Kittipat Dechapahul said it was the country’s first inmate extradition through a local border checkpoint.
Two of the inmates,both female, had served 14 years in Sa Kaew Prison out of their 37year jail term. The other two male prisoners were each given a 35year jail term, leaving them 12 years to serve in Cambodia.
Kittipat said the Cambodian inmate extradition had nothing to do with the possible extradition of highprofile jailed Thai activists Veera Somkwamkid and Ratree Pipattanapaibun, as Thailand and Cambodia often exchanged inmates but didn’t publish the handover. He said the Veera and Ratree extradition was up to the Cambodian Government to decide.
