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Authorities nail down suspects on spying along Thai-Cambodian border
SI SA KET, June 10 (TNA) - Three men have been arrested by the Thai military for alleged spying in Thailand's northeastern Si Sa Ket Province along the Thai-Cambodian border.
The three men, including a 32-year-old Thai national, Suchart Muhammad, as well as a Cambodian and a Vietnamese nationals, identified as 43-year-old Ung Kimtai and 37-year-old Nguyen Tengyang respectively, were apprehended by local police in Si Sa Ket's Kantaralak District.
Police Colonel Sompoj Khomprang, superintendent of Kantaralak District police station, said the arrest followed a military intelligence report that the trio were driving around the northeastern Thai province earlier this week, gathering information on Thai military bases and bunkers built for local residents along the Thai-Cambodian border.
Police Colonel Sompoj revealed that the Thai authorities also found with the three suspects a Cambodian military map and a Thai map with different scales and four mobile phones.
The trio was charged with espionage threatening Thailand’s national security, while the Thai and Cambodian suspects also faced additional charges of drug abuse, as the Thai authorities found both of them were tested positive for methamphetamines. (TNA)
The three men, including a 32-year-old Thai national, Suchart Muhammad, as well as a Cambodian and a Vietnamese nationals, identified as 43-year-old Ung Kimtai and 37-year-old Nguyen Tengyang respectively, were apprehended by local police in Si Sa Ket's Kantaralak District.
Police Colonel Sompoj Khomprang, superintendent of Kantaralak District police station, said the arrest followed a military intelligence report that the trio were driving around the northeastern Thai province earlier this week, gathering information on Thai military bases and bunkers built for local residents along the Thai-Cambodian border.
Police Colonel Sompoj revealed that the Thai authorities also found with the three suspects a Cambodian military map and a Thai map with different scales and four mobile phones.
The trio was charged with espionage threatening Thailand’s national security, while the Thai and Cambodian suspects also faced additional charges of drug abuse, as the Thai authorities found both of them were tested positive for methamphetamines. (TNA)
