He was ousted in a coup 17 years ago and spent the last 15 of them in self-imposed exile, but Thailand's billionaire former premier Thaksin Shinawatra still casts a remarkable shadow over the kingdom's politics
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He was ousted in a coup 17 years ago and spent the last 15 of them in self-imposed exile, but Thailand's billionaire former premier Thaksin Shinawatra still casts a remarkable shadow over the kingdom's politics.Ousted as prime minister by the army in 2006, Thaksin took himself into exile two years later but never stopped commenting and meddling in the kingdom's affairs and repeatedly pledging to return.
He was ousted in a coup 17 years ago and spent the last 15 of them in self-imposed exile, but Thailand s billionaire former premier Thaksin Shinawatra still casts a remarkable shadow over the kingdom s politics.
Thailand s billionaire former premier Thaksin Shinawatra spent the last 15 years in exile, but still casts a remarkable shadow over the kingdom s politics - Copyright AFP Angelos TzortzinisLisa Martin and Montira RungjirajittranonHe was ousted in a coup 17 years ago and spent the last 15 of them in self-imposed exile, but Thailand’s billionaire former premier […]