Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Govt calls for Thaksin's arrest

Borders will remain open, says Suthep

11/11/2009
Bangkok Post

Thailand has asked the Cambodian authorities to arrest former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra following his arrival in Phnom Penh yesterday.
A source at the Foreign Ministry said the request from the Office of the Attorney-General had been forwarded to the Thai embassy in Phnom Penh along with details of the 2008 court ruling which found Thaksin guilty of corruption.
The request for Thaksin's arrest would be conveyed to the Cambodian government no later than today, the source said.
The move is the first step in the process of having the ousted prime minister returned to Thailand to serve his two-year jail term. The call for his "provisional arrest" would soon be followed by an extradition request, the source said.
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