BANGKOK: Thailand's billionaire former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra said Tuesday (May 9) he wants to return from self-exile before his Jul 26 birthday, in a tweet he posted just days before
Thailand's billionaire former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra said Tuesday he wants to return from self-exile before his Jul 26 birthday, in a tweet he posted just days beforeThe 73-year-old policeman turned telecoms tycoon, twice elected premier but ousted by a military coup in 2006, said he was ready to face justice after spending the past 15 years outside the kingdom to avoid corruption charges he long maintained were politically motivated.
"I have decided to return home to raise my grandchildren in July, before my birthday," he wrote on his @ThaksinLive Twitter account."I have lived away from my family for almost 17 years. I am an old man," he tweeted. Parties linked to Thaksin have won most seats at every Thai election since 2001, but lost two prime ministers to military coups and another to a court ruling.
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