Associated Press
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia -- Cambodia has appointed the ousted prime minister of neighboring Thailand, Thaksin Shinawatra, as a government adviser on the economy, a move likely to further deteriorate relations with the current government in Bangkok.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen's public embrace of Mr. Thaksin -- still a deeply divisive figure in Thailand -- follows a border dispute that has led to small-but-deadly military skirmishes over the past year and a half.
State television on Wednesday night said King Norodom Sihamoni had officially approved Mr. Thaksin's appointment both as an adviser to the government and to Hun Sen personally. The appointment was dated Oct. 27.
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