BANGKOK: Thailand's fugitive former premier, Thaksin Shinawatra, returned on Tuesday (Aug 22) from 17 years in exile, a historic homecoming that coincides with a bid by his political allies to form a new government with some of its biggest rivals. Thaksin, 74, arguably Thailand's most famous politician and
BANGKOK: Thailand's fugitive former premier, Thaksin Shinawatra, returned on Tuesday from 17 years in exile, a historic homecoming that coincides with a bid by his political allies to form a new government with some of its biggest rivals.
"For the past 17 years, you feel isolated, lonely, troubled and missing home but you persevered," Yingluck, who also lives in self-exile, said in the post. Thaksin's arrival came as the lower house and military-appointed Senate was convening to vote on prime ministerial candidate Srettha Thavisin, a real estate mogul thrust into politics by Pheu Thai just a few months ago.
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