Former Thai PM Thaksin flees to UK
China Daily | Updated: 2008-08-12 08:16
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Ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife Potjaman Shinawatra leave the criminal court in Bangkok after Potjaman was sentenced to three years in jail for tax fraud but freed on bail pending an appeal in this July file photo. Reuters |
Thailand's Supreme Court issued an arrest warrant yesterday for ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra after he and his wife failed to appear at a corruption hearing and fled to the United Kingdom.
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