Viewers Corner News correspondent in Bangkok learned that Bahrain authority has dropped extradition request against Hakeem Al-Araibi, the refugee footballer arrested and detained in Thailand last year November while on his honeymoon in Thailand. Thai court has approved the request and this means that Hakeem Al-Araibi will be released from Thailand prison. Chatchom Akapin (director general of foreign affairs for the Office of the Attorney General) confirmed the information. Hakeem Al-Araibi who is a citizen of Bahrain was sentenced in absentia in 2014 to 10 years in prison by Bahraini government for a vandalism charge. He has a refugee status in Australia.
Source: Viewers Corner News.