In this Dec 11, 2018 file photo, Bahraini football player Hakeem al-Araibi answers questions from the waiting journalists as he is brought in to a court in Bangkok. (AP photo)A court on Monday is set to begin hearing the attorney-general’s request to extradite Bahraini football player Hakeem al-Araibi, who was detained in Bangkok during his honeymoon. The government should release him and let him return to his wife and football team in Australia, it said. Araibi plays for Pascoe Vale Football Club in Melbourne and has been critical of the Bahrain government, according to the rights group. Both Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Araibi’s wife have appealed to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to allow him to return, according to the Associated Press.

Source: Bangkok Post February 02, 2019 05:15 UTC