Refugee footballer's Thai stay extended

By Kaweewith Kaewjinda
Updated December 11 2018 - 11:11pm, first published 5:54pm
Thai prison guards lead Bahraini football player Hakeem AlAraibi from a court house in Bangkok.
Thai prison guards lead Bahraini football player Hakeem AlAraibi from a court house in Bangkok.

A Thai court has ruled a soccer player who holds refugee status in Australia can be held for 60 days pending the completion of an extradition request by Bahrain, the homeland he fled four years ago after alleged political persecution and torture.

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