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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09 January 2008 at 2:58 pm
'Pong
She’s just a taste water for Thaksin. The result will be very interesting either way. There must justice somewhere in the system.
09 January 2008 at 3:34 pm
Stilgherrian
@’Pong: Does Khun Pojaman have any political influence of her own, or only as wife of Khun Thaksin?
10 January 2008 at 10:37 am
'Pong
I believe she just counted money.