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Activist Veera warns of border flashpoints
August 20, 2025
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Advocate was held in Cambodia for years
In December 2010, activist Veera Som-kwamkid crossed into Cambodia from Thailand’s eastern province of Sa Kaeo. Little did he know at the time that he would not get to see his motherland for another four years.
He was arrested, charged with espionage and illegal entry and sentenced to eight years in jail, spending his time in Phnom Penh's Prey Sar Prison.
Mr Veera, at the time, insisted that he was in Thai territory when he was arrested.
The outspoken activist, a former yellow-shirt leader, was eventually granted a royal pardon in July 2014 by King Norodom Sihamoni after some backdoor negotiations led by Thailand’s then-acting foreign affairs minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow.
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