They push me into the corner : ex-PM Thaksin

Thaksin told Reuters news agency that he in Beijing, China and is leaving Beijing for an undisclosed location.

He said he will fight back against his political enemies who pushed him into the corner.

This is the first time he talked to the media after England cancelled his visa and his wife's.

"I will keep traveling. I'm leaving Beijing at the moment," Thaksin told Reuters by telephone from the Chinese capital.

He refused to say where he was going next but denied the destination was Manila, as rumored.

"I dropped the asylum bid because I don't think it is necessary. I don't like the term asylum. I want freedom because I am a champion of democracy. I don't like anything that restricts freedom," Thaksin said.

Thaksin who is convicted and sentenced to two years in jail for abusing of power and his wife for tax evasion.

Thaksin told Reuters, "I will phone in and talk to the people who love and have faith in me. I will make a longer speech and start naming names because they have pushed me into a corner," he said.

Earlier this month, Thaksin called into a rally in Bangkok and urged his supporters to bring him home, a move that angered his opponents.