How Thailand's Thaksin Shinawatra went from prime minister to fugitive abroad and back home again
Thaksin Shinawatra, the billionaire former prime minister of Thailand, made a dramatic return home after more than a a decade of self-imposed exile. He was detained in a hospital for six months and on Sunday, Thaksin was released on parole for corruption-related offenses. He was twice elected prime minister, only to see his second term cut short by a military coup in 2006. A former police official, Thaksin made fortune in telecommunications and used it to found his own party. He promoted populist... Читать дальше...