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Run, Thaksin, run; Thailand.(Thaksin Shinawatra's corruption case)
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The Economist (US)
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August 16, 2008
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Thailand's deposed prime minister jumps bail. But political turmoil may persist
GIVEN the avalanche of corruption cases tumbling on Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife Potjaman, it caused some surprise in Thailand when the Supreme Court let them leave the country to attend the opening of the Olympics in Beijing. Right up until the early evening on August 10th, the deposed prime minister's spokesman was insisting that the couple would return that day to Bangkok, to appear in court the next morning. However, they flew instead to London, where they had spent a period in exile following the 2006 military coup.
In a handwritten note faxed to Thai television stations, Mr Thaksin ...
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