Wed Nov 4, 10:04 AM

PHNOM PENH (AFP) - Cambodia has appointed former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra as economic adviser to premier Hun Sen and his administration, a Cambodian government statement said on Wednesday.

The statement, read out on state television, said Thaksin would serve "as personal adviser to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and the adviser to the Cambodian government in charge of economy".

The appointment, by royal decree, came almost two weeks after Hun Sen riled Thailand by offering safe haven to Thaksin, who was ousted in a coup in 2006 and is living abroad to avoid corruption charges.

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/091104/worl...plomacy_thaksin

He is former Prime Minister not president.

Whatever. Next step President of Cambodia, then Supreme Dictator of Thaksinland (formerly South East Asia)

Edited November 4, 200916 yr by Robski

:D

Can't help but admire the chutzpah of the guy!

He continues to be a thorn in the side of his usurpers!

Told the wife and shes almost rolling about laughing

Hun Sen is still a wiley old goat...gorra

Always remember the time he was stuck somewhere near TBM and we gave him a lift back to PP in our chopper...

Whatever. Next step President of Cambodia, then Supreme Dictator of Thaksinland (formerly South East Asia)

Suggesting he is former president is bordering on le majesty.

Sorry I thought it said Golf advisor.

Hun Sen is still a wiley old goat...

Indeed, it's not been easy to postpone trials for his murderous Khmer Rouge brethren for so long

30 Years After Fall of the Khmer Rouge, Justice Still Elusive

(New York, January 5, 2009) - Thirty years after the fall of the Khmer Rouge, Cambodia's culture of impunity remains as strong as ever, Human Rights Watch said today. Under Prime Minister Hun Sen, the Cambodian government continues to obstruct the United Nations-supported court created to try senior Khmer Rouge leaders and others most responsible for the deaths of up to 2 million people during the Khmer Rouge-era.

http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2009/01/05/camb...e-still-elusive

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Handiwork of Hun Sen's fellow Khmer Rouge

Hun Sen and his golf buddy

One wonders what areas of the economy former caretaker-PM Thaksin might advise on ?

Oil-investments in disputed border-areas, gambling casinos for Thai tourists, corruption-free airport-construction ? Does Cambodia have any diamond-mines currently for sale ?

Edited November 5, 200916 yr by Ricardo

Bang goes Asean.

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CLOSED.

Bang goes Asean.

He was only President in his own mind.