Thaksin begins search for new home

Exiled former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra began searching for a new home yesterday after abandoning his bid for asylum in Britain, where authorities revoked his visa last week.

"I will keep traveling. I'm leaving Beijing at the moment," Thaksin said by telephone from the Chinese capital.

He denied Thai media reports he was building a 60 million yuan ($8.9 million) mansion at a golf resort near Beijing.