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UAE asks Thaksin to leave |
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March 13th, 2010 |
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Convicted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been asked to leave Dubai by the government of the United Arab Emirates, a Thai foreign affairs spokesman confirmed on Saturday.
“A high ranking government official of the UAE has confirmed that the fugitive ex-premier has been asked to leave the UAE for having violated an agreement that he would not use the country as base for his political activities,” Panich Vikitsreth, assistant to Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya said.
The UAE has sent a signal to Thaksin to stop using it as his political base and causing problems for Thailand and to leave the country, Mr Phanich said.
He had no idea when Thaksin would leave the UAE or where he would go. But if his ministry learns his whereabouts and if Thaksin uses that particular country as political base, the government of that country will be asked to follow the decision made by the United Arab Emirates.
"Wherever he goes, we hope that country will not let themselves be used as a platform from which he can conduct his political activities," Foreign Ministry's spokesman Thani Phongpakdi said on Saturday.
On Saturday morning, Thaksin denied via his Twitter page that he was being expelled by the UAE, as was reported by the media, but he said he was leaving soon to meet his two daughters in Europe.
Thaksin's two daughters are currently in Switzerland. They left Bangkok three days ago while their mother and brother left for Hong Kong.
The family left the country ahead of this weekend's rally by supporters of Thaksin.
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Source: www.bangkokpost.com |
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