CMHomeboy78

That's a very good summing-up. Thaksin and his clan are corrupt to the bone. Anybody who can't see that is either blind or has an agenda they want to push. But you underestimate his background. He is descended from a Chinese immigrant who arrived here in the 1860s and went on to make his fortune as a tax farmer. He settled in Chiang Mai in 1908 where his son and grandson - Thaksin's father - prospered in construction, agriculture, and later as cinema owners before going on to open Shinawatra Silks. So they were far more than just "silk merchants". Forbes puts Thaksin's boodle at two billion... he could very easily have bought this latest verdict in his favor. "But I don't give a hoot" [to quote Trink] as long as he and his family never get back into power.