Thaksin Is Seen In South Africa This Week

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FUGITIVE THAI PM

Thaksin is seen in South Africa this week

Fugitive former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is seen travelling in and out of South Africa on unknown business recently, an online in Africa reported on Wednesday.

Iafrica online reported that Thaksin flew into Lanseria Airport form Dubai on Sunday on a chartered Bombardier Global Express and flew out to Harare on Wednesday morning.

He was granted a police escort throughout his visit, but it was unclear whether he enjoyed diplomatic immunity, the online said.

He reportedly stayed at an upmarket Sandton hotel and visited Mpumalanga in a helicopter. It is understood that international investment group Global PS which he chairs announced a mining deal in South Africa earlier this year.

Thaksin claime he have visited former president Nelson Mandela of South Africa earlier this year.

The International Relations Department said it was unaware of his visit.

-- The Nation 2010-12-02

[kutjebu]

The International Relations Department said it was unaware of his visit.

Not disturb them,they're sleeping.

[Thai at Heart]

Harare?

If he brings the cash, Mugabe will give him a home.

[RKASA]

[LindsayBKK]

Like sand through the hour glass, so are the days of his Lives

Thaksin's 9 lives are running out.

Edited December 2, 2010 by LindsayBKK

[random]

Like sand through the hour glass, so are the days of his Lives

Thaksin's 9 lives are running out.

yeah, he seems to be struggling to get around with his roughly one billion dollars tucked safely away

Edited December 2, 2010 by random

[Buchholz]

on a chartered Bombardier Global Express

The "man of the people" suffers right alongside his poor red shirts who await bail money

and flew out to Harare

with the inevitable hook-up with yet another one of his fellow tyrannical despots

.

[SergeiY]

on a chartered Bombardier Global Express

The "man of the people" suffers right alongside his poor red shirts who await bail money

You mean he is not financing the reds?

[Buchholz]

on a chartered Bombardier Global Express

The "man of the people" suffers right alongside his poor red shirts who await bail money

You mean he is not financing the reds?

His travel agency only pays them for their one-way fare, not round trip.

[Rimmer]

One post removed from view.

[Buchholz]

Iafrica online reported

additional items from original article:

Former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra. AFP

Fugitive Thaksin visits SA

Eyewitness News understands that fugitive former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra jetted in and out of South Africa on unknown business.

Shinawatra is a Thai billionaire politician and businessman who led Thailand from 2001 until 2006. The former Manchester City Football Club owner was deposed in a 2006 military coup.

A Thai court found him guilty of corruption and sentenced him in absentia to two years imprisonment.

Shinawatra flew into Africa earlier this year, claiming to have visited former president Nelson Mandela.

iafrica.com - December 2, 2010

http://news.iafrica.com/sa/691328.html

Edited December 2, 2010 by Buchholz

[Buchholz]

Iafrica online reported

additional items from original article:

Eyewitness News understands

the original, original article, now updated:

Mystery surrounds former Thai PM’s SA visit

Questions remain unanswered about why former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra jetted in and out of South Africa this week, without the government knowing about it.

Shinawatra is a Thai billionaire politician and businessman who led Thailand from 2001 until 2006 when he was deposed in a military coup. He was found guilty in a Thai court of corruption and sentenced in absentia to two years imprisonment.

When contacted by Eyewitness News, the Department of International Relations and Cooperation said it did not know about Shinawatra’s visit to the country.

But, it is understood that despite his fugitive status, he enjoyed the benefits of full diplomatic protocol while in the country, which was arranged by an ex-air force general.

Eyewitness News understands the former prime minister and billionaire was in the country shopping for diamond mines.

International investment group Global PS, of which Shinawatra is Chairman, announced a mining deal in South Africa earlier this year.

Shinawatra flew into Lanseria from Dubai on Sunday on a chartered Bombardier Global Express and flew out on Wednesday destined for Harare.

Eyewitness News (South Africa) - December 2, 2010

http://www.eyewitnessnews.co.za/articleprog.aspx?id=54159

[housepainter]

He went fot the world cup it's just that somebody didn't tell him it had been and gone.

Either that or if Bombadier Air is as good as it sounds he just arrived late.

All his friends seem to be old and retired.

Isn't it about time made a comeback. It's been over 4 years now. Pretty long to go on holiday and we all know how nice it is to come home.

And he's got that private suite all ready at the Bangkok Hilton.

[housepainter]

shopping for diamond mines - who writes this rubbish?

[Bagwan]

So he flew on a chartered jet. So where is the one that he owns? Could it be that the chartered plane had the range to fly nonstop while his personal did not?  

[animatic]

Sounds like his PR department put out a press release to a website. Big F'n deal.

[SomTumTiger]

Thaksin is a poor man's Darth Vadar

[Buchholz]

Thaksin Shinawatra jetted in and out of South Africa this week, without the government knowing about it.

while in the country, which was arranged by an ex-air force general.

Sounds like he may be exporting his turmoil to yet another country, same as he did in Nicaragua, Montenegro, and Uganda, where his presence there created internal conflicts in those countries.

[asiawatcher]

on a chartered Bombardier Global Express

The "man of the people" suffers right alongside his poor red shirts who await bail money

and flew out to Harare

with the inevitable hook-up with yet another one of his fellow tyrannical despots.

A graphically good post and to the point. Do the rest of us really want to know what Thaksin, felon, convicted criminal, bail jumper et al is doing? As some other posts point out ... boring. But I wish someone would take this guy down and well out. MCOT and TAN could use a rest.

[phiphidon]

on a chartered Bombardier Global Express

The "man of the people" suffers right alongside his poor red shirts who await bail money

and flew out to Harare

with the inevitable hook-up with yet another one of his fellow tyrannical despots.

A graphically good post and to the point. Do the rest of us really want to know what Thaksin, felon, convicted criminal, bail jumper et al is doing? As some other posts point out ... boring. But I wish someone would take this guy down and well out. MCOT and TAN could use a rest.

Yes absolutely stunning pictures, factual content - Nil

Relevance - Nil, oh, sorry Zimbabwe was mentioned, Mugabe, No.

Your comments - we could all do with a rest

[phiphidon]

Thaksin Shinawatra jetted in and out of South Africa this week, without the government knowing about it.

while in the country, which was arranged by an ex-air force general.

Sounds like he may be exporting his turmoil to yet another country, same as he did in Nicaragua, Montenegro, and Uganda, where his presence there created internal conflicts in those countries.

Do tell us, what turmoil has he been exporting to Nicaragua, Montenegro, and Uganda? Internal conflicts purely down to Thaksin, enlighten us please.

[elliss]

Like sand through the hour glass, so are the days of his Lives

Thaksin's 9 lives are running out.

surely,he will end up with the noble nobel peace prize ,

along with peace maker blair. :jap:

[Buchholz]

Thaksin Shinawatra jetted in and out of South Africa this week, without the government knowing about it.

while in the country, which was arranged by an ex-air force general.

Sounds like he may be exporting his turmoil to yet another country, same as he did in Nicaragua, Montenegro, and Uganda, where his presence there created internal conflicts in those countries.

Do tell us, what turmoil has he been exporting to Nicaragua, Montenegro, and Uganda? Internal conflicts purely down to Thaksin, enlighten us please.

For the benefit of the un-informed with snippy attitudes:

Montenegro =

12 May 2009

In response to news that Thaksin had obtained a Montenegrin passport, managing director of the Network for Affirmation of the Non-governmental Sector, Vanja Calovic, contacted the Transparency International Organization to protest against the move.

European NGOs have demanded that Montenegro’s interior ministry reveal the details of the issuance of the passport as well as Thaksin’s qualifications for receiving it. They claim he is not eligible for a Montenegrin passport because he does not have Montenegrin citizenship.

TAN Network

http://antithaksin.wordpress.com/2009/05/12/thaksin-bids-for-montenegro-island-foreign-media/

Nicaragua =

22 April 2009

The Nicaraguan opposition party warns its president that issuing a diplomatic passport to Thai fugitive former PM, Thaksin Shinawatra, may be against the country's laws. Meanwhile, the vice president of Nicaragua denies any prior knowledge of the issue.

TAN Network

http://www.tannetwork.tv/tan/ViewData.aspx?DataID=1013970

Uganda =

07 July 2010

Internal Affairs pressed to explain Thaksin Passport

Parliament has directed the Ministry of Internal Affairs to explain the procedure followed by government in issuing diplomatic passports.

The directive was issued by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament to the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Dr. Stephen Kagoda on Wednesday morning. Kagoda and a team of technocrats were appearing before the committee to answer queries raised by the Auditor General in reports for the financial years 2007/08 and 2008/09.

Calls for an explanation followed the failure by officials of the Ministry to explain the circumstances under which a Ugandan woman, Anne Birungi Bisaso, alias Gillian Kiconco, who was arrested at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya with narcotics worth Shs.2.2 billion shillings, obtained two passports.

Kagoda explained that the ministry has not yet instituted biometric technology in the passport office. This, he said, would have helped avert possible allocation of two passports to the same person.

Kagoda however could not explain how the former Prime Minister of Thailand, Thaksin Shinawatra, a diplomatic passport in the names of Takki Shinegra.

Allegations about Shinawatra’s passport were first made by Thailand’s foreign Affairs Minister, Panich Vikitsreth in December last year. Government promptly denied the allegations then, but not on this occasion.

“We still need a mechanism to ensure that certain people don’t access certain facilities” he said.

The Independent (Uganda)

http://www.independent.co.ug/index.php/component/content/article/106-myblog/3136-internal-affairs-pressed-to-explain-thaksin-passport

[Buchholz]

on a chartered Bombardier Global Express

The "man of the people" suffers right alongside his poor red shirts who await bail money

and flew out to Harare

with the inevitable hook-up with yet another one of his fellow tyrannical despots.

Yes absolutely stunning pictures, factual content - Nil

Relevance - Nil, oh, sorry Zimbabwe was mentioned, Mugabe, No.

Your comments - we could all do with a rest

Factual content = 100%, the photos factually depict a real Bombardier Global Express and the factual leader of the country Thaksin went to

Relevance = 100%, Thaksin's gallivanting around his narrow list of countries that allow him in, including the notorious country known as Zimbabwe, while Red Shirts remain in prison for lack of bail money that would amount to less than a few hours of fuel and operating costs for a Bombardier Global Express .

Your comments = Totally unnecessary. No one is contractually obligated to read or post in a thread.

Perhaps you should just bypass threads that you find tiresome.

[Buchholz]

on a chartered Bombardier Global Express

The "man of the people" suffers right alongside his poor red shirts who await bail money

and flew out to Harare

with the inevitable hook-up with yet another one of his fellow tyrannical despots.

A graphically good post and to the point.

Thank you.

[Insight]

Your comments - we could all do with a rest

Well done on nominating yourself to speak on behalf of the entire forum, regardless of the contrary opinion of others (such as me).

Now which "democratic" movement has similar practices?

[rubl]

Do tell us, what turmoil has he been exporting to Nicaragua, Montenegro, and Uganda? Internal conflicts purely down to Thaksin, enlighten us please.

For the benefit of the un-informed with snippy attitudes:

Montenegro =

12 May 2009

In response to news that Thaksin had obtained a Montenegrin passport, managing director of the Network for Affirmation of the Non-governmental Sector, Vanja Calovic, contacted the Transparency International Organization to protest against the move.

European NGOs have demanded that Montenegro�s interior ministry reveal the details of the issuance of the passport as well as Thaksin�s qualifications for receiving it. They claim he is not eligible for a Montenegrin passport because he does not have Montenegrin citizenship.

TAN Network

http://antithaksin.wordpress.com/2009/05/12/thaksin-bids-for-montenegro-island-foreign-media/

Nicaragua =

22 April 2009

The Nicaraguan opposition party warns its president that issuing a diplomatic passport to Thai fugitive former PM, Thaksin Shinawatra, may be against the country's laws. Meanwhile, the vice president of Nicaragua denies any prior knowledge of the issue.

TAN Network

http://www.tannetwork.tv/tan/ViewData.aspx?DataID=1013970

Uganda =

07 July 2010

Internal Affairs pressed to explain Thaksin Passport

Parliament has directed the Ministry of Internal Affairs to explain the procedure followed by government in issuing diplomatic passports.

The directive was issued by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament to the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Dr. Stephen Kagoda on Wednesday morning. Kagoda and a team of technocrats were appearing before the committee to answer queries raised by the Auditor General in reports for the financial years 2007/08 and 2008/09.

Calls for an explanation followed the failure by officials of the Ministry to explain the circumstances under which a Ugandan woman, Anne Birungi Bisaso, alias Gillian Kiconco, who was arrested at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya with narcotics worth Shs.2.2 billion shillings, obtained two passports.

Kagoda explained that the ministry has not yet instituted biometric technology in the passport office. This, he said, would have helped avert possible allocation of two passports to the same person.

Kagoda however could not explain how the former Prime Minister of Thailand, Thaksin Shinawatra, a diplomatic passport in the names of Takki Shinegra.

Allegations about Shinawatra�s passport were first made by Thailand�s foreign Affairs Minister, Panich Vikitsreth in December last year. Government promptly denied the allegations then, but not on this occasion.

�We still need a mechanism to ensure that certain people don�t access certain facilities� he said.

The Independent (Uganda)

http://www.independent.co.ug/index.php/component/content/article/106-myblog/3136-internal-affairs-pressed-to-explain-thaksin-passport

Well, this reply should satisfy a few. One only needs to post 'do tell, enlighten us' and it's done. Now waiting for the 'thank you' by some posters

Mind you, personally I could have done without any of this particular topic

Edited December 3, 2010 by rubl

[SergeiY]

For the benefit of the un-informed with snippy attitudes:

...

Uganda =

07 July 2010

Internal Affairs pressed to explain Thaksin Passport

...

Kagoda however could not explain how the former Prime Minister of Thailand, Thaksin Shinawatra, a diplomatic passport in the names of Takki Shinegra.

Allegations about Shinawatra’s passport were first made by Thailand’s foreign Affairs Minister, Panich Vikitsreth in December last year. Government promptly denied the allegations then, but not on this occasion.

“We still need a mechanism to ensure that certain people don’t access certain facilities” he said.

The Independent (Uganda)

http://www.independent.co.ug/index.php/component/content/article/106-myblog/3136-internal-affairs-pressed-to-explain-thaksin-passport

That passport in he name of "Takki Shinegra" seems to be just a silly rumour or nothing more that a lie that get repeatedly told by conscious liars.

Thaksin or his lawyers even offered Bt1 million to anyone who can forward with evidence for it.

[SomTumTiger]

For the benefit of the un-informed with snippy attitudes:

...

Uganda =

07 July 2010

Internal Affairs pressed to explain Thaksin Passport

...

Kagoda however could not explain how the former Prime Minister of Thailand, Thaksin Shinawatra, a diplomatic passport in the names of Takki Shinegra.

Allegations about Shinawatra's passport were first made by Thailand's foreign Affairs Minister, Panich Vikitsreth in December last year. Government promptly denied the allegations then, but not on this occasion.

"We still need a mechanism to ensure that certain people don't access certain facilities" he said.

The Independent (Uganda)

http://www.independe...haksin-passport

That passport in he name of "Takki Shinegra" seems to be just a silly rumour or nothing more that a lie that get repeatedly told by conscious liars.

Thaksin or his lawyers even offered Bt1 million to anyone who can forward with evidence for it.

Yeah but its fun to think about - so we win.

[SergeiY]

For the benefit of the un-informed with snippy attitudes:

...

Uganda =

07 July 2010

Internal Affairs pressed to explain Thaksin Passport

...

Kagoda however could not explain how the former Prime Minister of Thailand, Thaksin Shinawatra, a diplomatic passport in the names of Takki Shinegra.

Allegations about Shinawatra's passport were first made by Thailand's foreign Affairs Minister, Panich Vikitsreth in December last year. Government promptly denied the allegations then, but not on this occasion.

"We still need a mechanism to ensure that certain people don't access certain facilities" he said.

The Independent (Uganda)

http://www.independe...haksin-passport

That passport in he name of "Takki Shinegra" seems to be just a silly rumour or nothing more that a lie that get repeatedly told by conscious liars.

Thaksin or his lawyers even offered Bt1 million to anyone who can forward with evidence for it.

Yeah but its fun to think about - so we win.

Deny, lie, deny, lie, cast blame elsewhere, falsely accuse others, deny and lie some more. That has always been Thaksin haters modus operandi...Expect more of the same, ad nauseum.

Its get simple boring.

If you wanna nail Thaksin, fine, but do it with some real facts and in a manner that is free of trashy arguments that can easily exposed as lies or just being plain stupid rants by simpletons.

Such tactic doesn't help the cause, if Thaksin is 'attacked' by idiots just makes him look better and damage the credibility of those who have some more serious allegation against him.