Send the wife in first, eh Thaksin?

09 January 2008 in Notes, Politics, Thailand by Stilgherrian | 3 comments

Perhaps my Prediction number 6 for 2008 won’t come true. The wife of former Thai president Thaksin Shinawatra, returned to Bangkok yesterday and was immediately taken to the Supreme Court to face corruption charges. Pojaman Shinawatra, 51, was charged with using her husband’s influence to buy real estate at one-third its value. She was released on bail of 5 million baht ($171,400) and ordered not to leave the country.

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'Pong on 09 January 2008 at 2:58 pm

She’s just a taste water for Thaksin. The result will be very interesting either way. There must justice somewhere in the system.

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Stilgherrian on 09 January 2008 at 3:34 pm

@’Pong: Does Khun Pojaman have any political influence of her own, or only as wife of Khun Thaksin?

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'Pong on 10 January 2008 at 10:37 am

I believe she just counted money.

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