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Published on January 11, 2008

"She is a respectable person. So it is normal if she meets a senior member of the country on a suitable occasion," he said.

There are rumours that the wife of ousted prime minister Thaksin is seeking a meeting with Prem.

Pojaman met Prem after her husband was overthrown in 2006.

Noppadon insisted Pojaman returned to Thailand to fight corruption charges against her only, and not to play a role in screening potential Cabinet members.

"There is an attempt to discredit the People Power Party by linking it with a nominee of deposed prime minister Thaksin," he said.

Pojaman yesterday went shopping with children Panthongtae, Pinthongta and Paethongtarn at Gaysorn.

Meanwhile, Thaksin quietly left Hong Kong on a flight to London yesterday, two days after his wife was arrested on corruption charges in this country.

Thaksin has lived abroad since his ouster in the September 2006 coup, mostly shuttling between Hong Kong and London, where he owns an apartment.

Dressed in a dark suit, Thaksin chatted on his mobile phone as he waited in line with other passengers at the Hong Kong International Airport to board his flight.

"He will be going to London," said Noppadon. "I don't know the reason. He's a free man."

The Nation