Thaksin keeps low profile in flood crisis
- Published: 10/11/2011 at 02:35 PM
- Online news: Asia
With a flood crisis rocking his sister's government, fugitive ex-Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra is lying low as prospects of a triumphant homecoming look ever more distant, observers say.
An aircraft sits on a flooded tarmack at the Don Muang domestic airport in Bangkok on November 10, 2011. Don Muang airport has been closed for weeks due to the worst flooding in Thailand's history.
The usually outspoken Thaksin, who lives abroad to avoid a jail term for corruption, has mostly shied away from publicly commenting on a disaster that has killed more than 500 people and threatens the heart of Bangkok.
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- Writer: AFP News agency
- Position: Agence France-Presse
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