Thaksin Shinawatra Returns to Chiang Mai After 17 Years, Receives Warm Welcome

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At 9:28 AM, on March 14th, 2024, former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, His daughter and Pheu Thai party leader Ms. Paetongtarn Shinawatra, and his relatives visited his hometown in Chiang Mai by private jet.

At Chiang Mai International Airport, Pol. Gen. Surachet Hakparn, the Deputy National Police Chief, also welcomed Thaksin’s visit to Chiang Mai.

 

After that, Thaksin together with his relatives and politicians such as the Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives Thammanat Prompao, and Mr. Nirat Pongsitthaworn, the Chiang Mai Governor, traveled around Chiang Mai according to Thaksin’s itinerary.

 

By Kittisak Phalaharn

 

Full story: THE PATTAYA NEWS 2024-03-15

 

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[eisfeld]

Wow he even hired a nurse to walk with him for PR. It's like a Thai soap opera but in real life!

[Artisi]

Thai comedy hour in full force. 

[ezzra]

'Receives Warm Welcome' received warm welcome from whom? few of people who were there because

that's it was arranged so it will look good?... Not like there were masses of people to welcome him with

flowers, loud cheers and applauds...

[Rampant Rabbit]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Thaksin together with his relatives and politicians such as the Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives Thammanat Prompao

nice to see he  has  such a valued member of the govt with him!!!

[jacko45k]

3 hours ago, eisfeld said:

Wow he even hired a nurse to walk with him for PR. It's like a Thai soap opera but in real life!

Yes, they are sticking to some plan here. I see we still have a neck collar, but the arm sling has gone. He also seems to be walking unaided...... fit enough to go back to jail if it were not all too late!

[Pouatchee]

getting ready to take over?

he is doing the grand tour to get a pulse of things then main stream media is going to brainwash the thais about how thaksin didnt miss a stroke... although i wish he did have a stroke an his lego square head falls off his shoulders

[OneMoreFarang]

He should walk back straight to jail.

And all the politicians and administration who lied to the public about the criminal's health should also go to jail.

 

How can we expect that any politician is honest if they know already that they will never have to spend a night in jail?

What a disgusting performance of PT and its allies. 

[Red Forever]

4 hours ago, ezzra said:

'Receives Warm Welcome' received warm welcome from whom? few of people who were there because

that's it was arranged so it will look good?... Not like there were masses of people to welcome him with

flowers, loud cheers and applauds...

Not like there were any protesters to pelt him with rotten tomatoes either.

They're all on A. N. 

[ezzra]

7 minutes ago, Red Forever said:

Not like there were any protesters to pelt him with rotten tomatoes either.

They're all on A. N. 

Tomatoes are very expensive now to waste them on a crook...

[jacko45k]

1 minute ago, ezzra said:

Tomatoes are very expensive now to waste them on a crook...

They have all been sold to China.

[Rooo]

I believe in MIRACLES, praise the Lord.

[hotchilli]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

At 9:28 AM, on March 14th, 2024, former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, His daughter and Pheu Thai party leader Ms. Paetongtarn Shinawatra, and his relatives visited his hometown in Chiang Mai by private jet.

Taking the p#ss big time.

[NorthernRyland]

Why does everyone care about Thaksin anyways? It's been so long I forgot the details. He was corrupt? Yeah so are all officials in Thailand it seems. I don't really know why we should care at this point. I will admit though his square shaped skull kind of irks me but I'll survive.

[hotchilli]

1 hour ago, OneMoreFarang said:

He should walk back straight to jail.

And all the politicians and administration who lied to the public about the criminal's health should also go to jail.

 

How can we expect that any politician is honest if they know already that they will never have to spend a night in jail?

What a disgusting performance of PT and its allies. 

This is Thailand and how it rolls... should we be so shocked?

[Rampant Rabbit]

if  he  could  just hoik  that mask up a little  more ( along with his trousers to look even more ridiculous) we  wouldnt  see  him at all

[Deez]

Not many like him even here in Chiang Mai. If he was a true "man of the people" , he would have come back and served his time 15 years ago. Fraud.

[klauskunkel]

7 hours ago, webfact said:

Pol. Gen. Surachet Hakparn, the Deputy National Police Chief, also welcomed Thaksin’s visit to Chiang Mai.

Big Joke aligning with Thaksin, sending a message to his enemies:

"When I find myself in times of trouble, Father Thaksin comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be.

Let It Be, Let It Be, Let It Be, I'm With Thaksin, LET IT BE!"

 

[brianthainess]

2 hours ago, Rooo said:

I believe in MIRACLES, praise the Lord.

🎶 I believe in miracles, ooh you sexy thing🎶  

Hot Chocolate did the best version IMO. 

[Burma Bill]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

Thaksin Shinawatra, His daughter and Pheu Thai party leader Ms. Paetongtarn Shinawatra, and his relatives visited his hometown in Chiang Mai

 

Welcome home, Sir, and ignore all the BS being aimed at you - especially from AN! Very disappointing I could not be in the welcoming crowd - enjoy your stay.

[Irish star]

Welcoming a Criminal ffs 

[Irish star]

9 minutes ago, Burma Bill said:

 

Welcome home, Sir, and ignore all the BS being aimed at you - especially from AN! Very disappointing I could not be in the welcoming crowd - enjoy your stay.

Sir , he’s a Scammer  to Thailand 

[n00dle]

great to hear he is feeling better. 

[Maejo Man]

Glad to see that he has the convicted drug smuggler in his entourage!

"The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age revealed he spent four years in a Sydney jail in the 1990s for his role in trafficking 3.2 kilograms of heroin into Australia".

[fondue zoo]

9 minutes ago, Maejo Man said:

he spent four years in a Sydney jail in the 1990s for his role in trafficking 3.2 kilograms of heroin

 

If it didn't happen in Siam it didn't happen. 

[OneMoreFarang]

3 hours ago, hotchilli said:

This is Thailand and how it rolls... should we be so shocked?

Obviously, we are not shocked. But it is still sad that millions of poor people still support that billionaire criminal. 

[Burma Bill]

38 minutes ago, Irish star said:

Sir , he’s a Scammer  to Thailand 

 With respect and IMO, it is the yellow establishment in Bangkok that is scamming Thailand to this very day! I refer to him as "sir" because I lived in the North of Thailand (Lanna) and benefitted from all the improvement projects he introduced throughout his 2 terms as a truly democratically elected PM, also the one term with his sister as a truly democratically elected PM. Basically, prosperity was brought to the north in tourism, agriculture, infrastructure and business investment. I witnesed these and that is why I do not give a damn about the hatred that eminates from down south. I bet many of you moaners were not even around during Thaksin and Yingluk's terms as PM.

[arithai12]

12 hours ago, ezzra said:

'Receives Warm Welcome' received warm welcome from whom? few of people who were there because

that's it was arranged so it will look good?... Not like there were masses of people to welcome him with

flowers, loud cheers and applauds...

Actually, today he was at Warorot market -a public venue, not restricted ceremonies like yesterday- and according to a main national newspaper the place was "deluged" with thousands of supporters. Impressive pictures too, especially when you consider that the air quality is a shame today. Mind you, I don't have a special inclination for this or that party, but let's be fair in our comments.

[Dolf]

7 hours ago, NorthernRyland said:

Why does everyone care about Thaksin anyways? It's been so long I forgot the details. He was corrupt? Yeah so are all officials in Thailand it seems. I don't really know why we should care at this point. I will admit though his square shaped skull kind of irks me but I'll survive.

Because they are bored and want to feel important.

[Dolf]

4 hours ago, Burma Bill said:

 With respect and IMO, it is the yellow establishment in Bangkok that is scamming Thailand to this very day! I refer to him as "sir" because I lived in the North of Thailand (Lanna) and benefitted from all the improvement projects he introduced throughout his 2 terms as a truly democratically elected PM, also the one term with his sister as a truly democratically elected PM. Basically, prosperity was brought to the north in tourism, agriculture, infrastructure and business investment. I witnesed these and that is why I do not give a damn about the hatred that eminates from down south. I bet many of you moaners were not even around during Thaksin and Yingluk's terms as PM.

Well said.