Thaksin tried to educate the poor in the North-East and West of Thailand,to put tablets into each child’s hand and make them learn English to a decent standard like neighbouring countries such as Cambodia and the Philippines.
His ill-advised policy of cleaning the streets of street kids in the capital was his undoing that ultimately brought him down,probably spurred on and advised by the elites for precisely that reason?
So he is wealthy so what,show me a Thai politician that isn’t and I will show you a liar?
That is why the people in his home city of Chiang Mai and Isaan will NEVER give up on his family like it or not,as who else has ever shouted their corner (the peasantry) before or since can anybody tell me?