Data map (Source: The Nation)
Overseas Network, January 16th Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen decided to revoke diplomatic passports issued to non-citizens. Thai media analyzed that this move may be related to the case of former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.
Thailand's "The Nation" quoted Cambodia "Phnom Penh Post" reported that Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen issued a directive last Wednesday (9th) requiring relevant departments to revoke the certificates issued to foreign citizens who serve as consultants and assistants in the Cambodian government. Diplomatic passport, and reject new passport applications.
reported that Cambodian authorities stated that the revocation of diplomatic passports was only to "prevent such passports from being used incorrectly."
Although a spokesperson for the Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not directly mention the purpose of this move, some analysts said that this directive "may be related to Yingluck Shinawatra or other cases involving diplomatic passports."
Thailand's "Bangkok Post" reported on the 16th that after learning about this move by the Cambodian authorities, Thai Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai said on Tuesday (15th) that this showed that Thailand The close relationship between the two countries. Don Pramudwinai said that this official instruction from the Cambodian government "has a clear position" and "shows that we (the two countries) take into account each other's feelings." "Cambodia is our friend, and we still need to work together on various issues in the future. Work together”.
Former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra (Source: Bangkok Post)
Recently, foreign media reported that the exiled former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra holds a Cambodian passport. As soon as the news came out, it triggered heated discussions in the outside world. Thai media said that if this news is true, it would also provide favorable evidence for Yingluck’s claim that she fled Thailand via Cambodia in 2017. However, Cambodia denied this, saying that the Cambodian government had never issued a passport to Yingluck.
Yingluck and her brother Thaksin . (Source: The Nation)
On August 25, 2017, Thailand’s scheduled sentencing of Yingluck Shinawatra in the “rice purchase case” was postponed due to Yingluck Shinawatra’s inability to attend. Afterwards, the Thai government confirmed that Yingluck had fled Thailand. The Thai court sentenced Yingluck to 5 years in prison on September 27, 2017, and issued a wanted order.
There are various opinions in Thailand about Yingluck’s escape. Earlier, it was reported that after Yingluck escaped from Thailand, she passed through Cambodia, Singapore, and arrived in Dubai by plane to join her brother Thaksin Shinawatra who was in exile. In October 2017, the Thai police announced that all four of Yingluck's passports had been revoked, including two ordinary passports and two diplomat passports.
In recent times, brother and sister Thaksin Shinawatra and Yingluck Shinawatra have been frequently exposed in the UK, Singapore, Japan, the United States, Russia and other places, and they have been attracting the attention of the Thai authorities and the outside world. (Overseas Network Zhang Min)
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