Samak explains Thaksin's downfall

"After I became prime minister, I knew right away that the politicians who worked with Thaksin were all selfish and worried about themselves instead of the country," Samak said.

"Most of the aides were not good and gave bad advice to Thaksin.

They were more concerned about their own benefits," the former leader said in an interview with the Dok Bia magazine recently.

Samak said that Thaksin wasn't given the right information by his aides either.

"Like when the People's Alliance for Democracy were protesting, Thaksin's aides told him that there were only some 1,000 protesters at the rallies, when the correct number could have been 10,000."

Since he was given the wrong information, Thaksin wrongly evaluated the circumstances, he explained.

Samak was disqualified as premier for violating the constitution last September. Later he was diagnosed with liver cancer and travelled to the US for treatment. Samak is now recovering in Bangkok.