Bangkok Post - Thaksin undermining premier s role bangkokpost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from bangkokpost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Born in Chiang Mai in 1949, Thaksin is the great grandson of Chinese migrants. - Thaksin ran several failed businesses with his wife before getting his break in the 1980s leasing computers to the police. - His family's business empire thrived on government concessions while he was premier from 2001-2006, stoking public anger, including the tax-free $1.9 billion sale of its 49% stake in Shin Corp to a Singapore state firm.
Thaksin Shinawatra: Divisive Ex-PM Looms Over Thai Politics barrons.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from barrons.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Factbox-Thailand s Polarising Ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra usnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from usnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
BANGKOK: He was ousted in a coup more than 17 years ago and spent 15 of them in self-imposed exile, but even abroad Thailand's billionaire former premier Thaksin Shinawatra cast a remarkable shadow over the kingdom's politics.