Thaksin arrived in Bangkok on Tuesday morning, hours before the party he helped to establish, Pheu Thai, is set to form a new coalition government.
BANGKOK — Thailand’s former prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, has returned to the country after 17 years in self-exile, arriving in the capital, Bangkok, hours before the party he helped establish, Pheu Thai, is set to form a coalition government with members of the conservative military establishment who have led the charge to keep him and his family from power over the last two decades.
It’s not immediately clear whether Thaksin, a billionaire who built his support base in Thailand’s poor, rural north, will have to serve his sentence of up to 12 years in prison. Many expect he will petition for a pardon from the Thai royal family, which continues to wield significant power over politics in the country.“We’ve missed him,” said Boom Faidang, 66, one of thousands of Thaksin supporters who traveled from across the country to welcome home the renowned fugitive.
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