Thaksin in Singapore
Deposed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra arrived in Singapore yesterday.
Thaksin plans to stay four days in the city state and dine with its deputy prime minister.He departs for the United Kingdom on Tuesday to meet his wife Khunying Pojaman, a source said. The purpose of his Singapore visit was unclear and his Thailand-based legal counsel Noppadon Pattama declined to confirm it. The Foreign Ministry has revoked his diplomatic passport, and the former prime minister has two weeks to transfer his valid visas to an ordinary passport. Asean member Singapore does not require visas for Thai citizens on visits of 30 days or fewer. The Shinawatra family sold its shares in Shin Corp to Singapore government investment arm Temasek Holdings last year. Thailand has notified China it had revoked Thaksin's diplomatic passport. He had been living in Beijing. China has not said what action it will take.
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