Ex-PM's visa cancelled after he was convicted : UK Foreign Secretary

Miliband said Thaksin's British entry visa would not be renewed.

He said British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith was the one who made the decision to revoke Thaksin's entry visa after he was convicted in absentia to two years in jail for abusing of power in his wife's purchasing of Ratchadapisek land.

 "The Home Secretary, who is the decision maker in the question of (Thaksin's) visas in the UK, has made clear that the conditions were changed by the convictions that happened in the case of Thaksin," Miliband said upong arrival in Bosnia.

 "It is a follow up to those decisions, that you've now seen the change in the visa approach," he said.

The foreign secretary said he had not expected to be asked about the situation surrounding Thaksin's visa while he was in Bosnia.