Court in Thailand convicts 3 men for espionage
BANGKOK (AFP) – A Thai court on Tuesday jailed three men, a Cambodian, a Vietnamese and a local, for two years each for espionage, officials said.
The trio were arrested in June in Kantharalak District, near the disputed border with Cambodia, amid a bitter land dispute between Thailand and its neighbour.
Police said at the time that they were carrying maps with military facilities marked on them, and two of the men were using the illegal stimulant methamphetamine.
The Thai was jailed for two years and four months while the Cambodian was handed two years and three months and the Vietnamese received two years, Kantharalak District Court Director Thongchanai Kothajit said by telephone.