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Thaksin cancels Tachilek trip

Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has decided to cancel his plan to travel to the border town of Tachilek in Myanmar, opposite Chiang Rai's Mae Sai district, on Nov 9-10 for security reasons, his personal lawyer Noppadon Pattama announced in a statement delivered to the media on Tuesday morning.

In the statement, Mr Noppadon said Thaksin was originally scheduled to visit Myanmar between Nov 8-10 during which he planned to be in Tachilek on Friday and Saturday.

But last Friday Myanmar authorities arrested a Shan suspect in Tachilek and found in his possession a quantity of war weapons, including some rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) and explosives.

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  • wakeup

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    Discussion 3 : 06 Nov 2012 at 12.483

    THAT was a close one! Another week or two can now go by without the Peua Thai government actually doing anything to fulfill their actual responsibilities. Wonder what stunt they'll pull next to distract people from the fact that they are slowly destroying the country.

  • bluebkk

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    Discussion 2 : 06 Nov 2012 at 12.122

    "Thaksin himself was afraid the people, who planned to see him in Tachilek in large numbers, would also be in danger..." What a bunch of red village style crap.!!!... Thaksin did not care to sacrifice them during the terror occupation in BKK while shopping in Paris!!!

  • GeriatricG

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    Discussion 1 : 06 Nov 2012 at 11.561

    And so it goes on. will there be no end to these "reality" games until The Man Abroad decides to stay abroad? Recent photos show him to be tired and strained. Why not just enjoy what remains of his life and get out of political shinagegans? His children will be rightly worried - can they not encourage him to be honourable and just be a father?

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