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Former Thai PM lands in Cambodia

Fugitive former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has landed in the Cambodian capital to take up a job as economic adviser to the government. He was sentenced in absentia to two years in jail in neighbouring Thailand in a conflict of interest case. Full Article at BBC News

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Related Quotes

  1. Thaksin can stay in Cambodia as a guest of Cambodia. He can also be my adviser on the economy
    Hun Sen – Hun Sen SOURCE: Xinhua 4 weeks ago
  2. Our concern is for humanitarian reasons, it is friends helping friends. The internal affairs of Thailand would be left for Thai people to resolve, I am not interfering
    Hun Sen – Hun Sen SOURCE: Xinhua 4 weeks ago
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  3. Thai Airways
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