Sudarat returns, takes break
Sudarat Keyuraphan, the agriculture minister in the ousted ThaksinShinawatra government, vows to devote more time to her family now she is out of politics.
She returned to Thailand Sunday afternoon and told reporters she would make up for lost time with her three children "and do my best to take care of my family".Sudarat is a deputy leader of the Thai Rak Thai Party. She flew into Bangkok International Airport from Germany. Family, friends, and members of the Thai Rak Thai as well as news media greeted her at the airport. She confirmed she had spoken with overthrown prime minister Thaksin and that he had instructed her and all party members to cooperate with the Council for Democratic Reform under Constitutional Monarchy (CDRM). Sudarat said she was now "out of politics temporarily" and during that time she would cooperate with the CDRM, including reporting to council leaders and assisting in an investigation into her assets. "Don't worry. We won't cause any trouble," she said, adding she would reenter politics "when there are new rules", referring to a rewritten Constitution. Sudarat, one of Thaksin's most trusted aides, was abroad in France for the Everything Thai festival in Paris when her government was toppled by the Tuesday coup. The Nation
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