Thaksin ready to return to help red shirts but ...

Lop Buri MP Suchart Lainamngern said that on the day Thaksin flew into a neighbouring country on a private jet and was planning to enter Thailand via a Northeastern province to solicit people before moving to Bangkok and joining the red shirts.

He claimed that Thaksin had decided to return because that was the promise he had made if the army started cracking down on his supporters.

However, Thaksin's sister Yaowapa Wongsawat, along with other MPs, advised him against it because they were worried about his safety. At that time, there were several rumours of groups planning to assassinate Thaksin.

Suchart added that Thaksin would return to Thailand if the government lifted the state of emergency, imposed reconciliation laws and revoked the 2007 Constitution, and went back to using the 1997 charter.