Saturday, November 14, 2009

Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra boards his plane to leave Cambodia

Thai members of parliament from the pro-Thaksin party, Puea Thai, who travelled to Cambodia to meet the billionaire tycoon, wave off former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra as he leaves Cambodia from Siem Reap International airport. Thaksin left, ending a contentious four-day visit that deepened a diplomatic crisis between the neighbours. (AFP/Tang Chhin Sothy)

Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra boards his plane to leave Cambodia at Siem Reap International airport. Thaksin, who was toppled in a military coup in 2006 and is living abroad to avoid a jail term for corruption in Thailand, left Cambodia on November 14 after a trip which stoked a major diplomatic crisis between the two countries.(AFP/Tang Chhin Sothy)

Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra (left) shakes hands with Cambodia's secretary of state council minister Prak Sokhon as he prepares to board a plane to leave Cambodia from Siem Reap International airport. Thaksin, who was toppled in a military coup in 2006 and is living abroad to avoid a jail term for corruption in Thailand, departed Cambodia by private jet. (AFP/Tang Chhin Sothy)

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