Cambodia to repatriate Lao, Thai prisoners by Lao New Year


Sonexay Siphandone (right) and Hun Sen address a press conference in Vientiane on Feb 13, 2023. - VT

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/Asia News Network): Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has announced that Lao and Thai nationals held in the kingdom’s prisons will be repatriated before the Khmer New Year holiday in April, which coincides with the Lao and Thai New Year celebrations.

PM Hun Sen made the announcement on Feb 13 at a joint press conference with his Lao counterpart Sonexay Siphandone, during his two-day official visit to Laos, the Phnom Penh Post reported.

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