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He gave an interview to Reuters that he had cancelled his plan to issue a statement on the conviction against him in the Ratchadapisek land case but would instead make a phone call to talk to his supporters during the talk show.

The talk show is hosted by People Power Party MP Chatuporn Promphan and some other leading members of the Democratic Alliance Against Dictatorship, including Veera Musigapong.

The No 1 programme will be the second mobile one.

Supreme Commander Songkitti Jakkrabatr said Saturday that he had not been informed about the Thaksin's plan to make the phone call to the TV programme yet.

Thaksin on Tuesday was found guilty by the Supreme Court's Criminal Division for Holders of Political Office for having committed conflicts of interest in the Ratchadapisek land case. He was sentenced in absentia to two-year imprisonment.

The former prime minister told Reuters that he would talk about 20 minutes during the programme.

Thaksin said he had not yet applied for a political asylum in England and he could use his tourist visa to enter and leave the country with convenience.

He said he had been invited to become an advisor in certain countries and some of the countries also offered him their citizenship.

Thaksin said he would definitely not return to Thailand now because he would be arrested upon returning to the country. He added that the coup makers had planned all of these unfortunate events against him to prevent him from returning to Thailand.

Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva Thursday urged former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra to accept the ruling against him and refrain from dragging the judiciary into the political conflicts.

Abhisit said Thaksin should give priority to the interest of the motherland instead of inciting the people with motive to protest his own interest.

He said such an instigation would cause the country to suffer.