Former premier Thaksin Shinawatra sent his self-published
"Life & Times" photo book to foreign media in Thailand
this week. This copy was received by Agence France-Presse's
Bangkok correspondent Jerome Taylor, who tweeted the picture.
(Photo by Jerome Taylor / AFP)
Fugitive
former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra sent a photo
book to foreign media in
the country on Wednesday, expressing
his hope of ending his exile abroad and
returning to Thailand.
A thousand copies of the 279-page Life & Times hardcover
book were published in December in Thailand, detailing his
private life and career in photographs, speeches and memoirs
and highlighting some of the successes of the five years
he spent in office before being ousted by a military coup
in 2006.
"Thaksin intentionally published and delivered the
commemorative photo book to foreign media as
New Year's gift. The special memoir publication is not for
sale," a source close to Thaksin told Kyodo News.
The former prime minister's intended aim in sending the
publication, however, is unclear. Enclosed with the book
was a New Year's greeting letter signed by
"Dr Thaksin Shinawatra -- 23rd Prime Minister of the
Kingdom of Thailand."
Thaksin faced allegations of corruption following the coup
on Sept. 19 2006, and now lives in self-imposed exile in Dubai,
avoiding a jail sentence in Thailand following a conviction for
abuse of power while prime minister.
The book describes the coup as "the end of the people's
democracy" which "dragged Thai society back towards darkness
-- into the spiral of conflicts where solutions remain impossible
to find."
It goes onto to say Thaksin's most important moments in life
came with the death of his sister, his daughter's wedding, and
the birth of his twin granddaughters.
"I was so sad that I couldn't be there with her," the former p
remiere wrote regarding his daughter's wedding, which he
"attended" via Skype.
The photo book also implies his strong intention to return to
Thailand in the future.
"I hope that I will be able to prostrate and feel the land of my
home country again. I hope that I will be able to spend the
last years of my life there," Thaksin says at the book's end.
Earlier this month, the government banned the distribution
of calendars depicting photos of Thaksin and his sister,
ousted former premier Yingluck Shinawatra, in several
northeastern provinces where majority of his party's
voters are based.
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha told reporters the calendars
had been prohibited "because there is a lawbreaker's photo
published in the calendar."
News,Politics,Bangkok Posts, 14 January 2016.
In my viewpoint,if Thaksin come back to Thailand
the conflict among Thai people and society will
never end.
And I believe the government does not want
street protester to happen any more for it
damage our economic.
Sincerely Yours.
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