Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra (C) shakes hands with Mong Kim Heng, the director of Prey Sar prison, during his visit to see Siwarak Chutipongse in the outskirts of Phnom Penh December 13, 2009. Cambodia's King Norodom Sihamoni granted a pardon on Friday to Siwarak, a Thai engineer sentenced to seven years in jail for leaking the flight schedule of Thaksin. (Reuters)

Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Sinawatra, center, talks to convicted Sivarak Chutipong, second right, at Prey Sar prison on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sunday, Dec. 13, 2009. Thaksin arrived in Cambodia on Sunday where he met the Thai airline employee convicted of spying on the toppled leader. (AP)