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Musa said Malaysian police had no knowledge of any visit by Thaksin, despite earlier reports quoting Deputy Interior Minister Thaworn Senneam as saying Thaksin had been spotted in Malaysia recently but left the country before he could be arrested by local authorities.

Thaworn said Thai embassy officials had informed the Malaysian authorities to seek Thaksin's arrest and extradition.

But Musa said: "We were only alerted by the Thai embassy here of the fugitive's supposed presence early this month fol-lowing a news report in Bangkok.

"As far as we are concerned, he was never in the country and we did not send 20 Special Branch officers to protect him. We have checked with local hotels, Immigration and other sources, and there is no evidence to show he was ever here."

Thaksin told a community radio station in Udon Thani that his private jet stopped in Kuala Lumpur on July 4 for refuelling and that 20 Special Branch officers were sent to protect him. "They love and care about me," Thaksin said.

Musa was responding to a report in The Nation on Tuesday.