Thread: Cambodia appoints Thaksin as adviser

Napoleon said never interrupt your enemy when he's making a mistake - I'm just sayin'

politics makes for strange bedfellows indeed...I wonder who's on top??

The plan will unfold shortly, close to home
panic by the elite
panic by the army
panic by the pollies
panic by the back stabbers

visit the lord on weekend trips, get advised go home,
listen to him on local radio,
solve border dispute
put Cambodia on map
and the people have a future lord who will be forgiven and rule again.

Love the man

Thailand recall Cambodian ambassador
Thursday, 5 November 2009

Thailand has recalled its ambassador to Cambodia after Phnom Penh gave a job to fugitive ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra, accusing its neighbour of interfering in its politics and stoking tensions.

The Cambodian government said last night that it had appointed Thaksin as an economics adviser, riling Bangkok, which is trying to bring Mr Thaksin home to face justice three years after he was ousted in a coup.

Ties between the two predominantly Buddhist nations have been strained since July 2008 amid an ongoing border conflict over land surrounding an 11th century temple which has claimed several lives.

'We have recalled the ambassador as the first diplomatic retaliation measure to let the Cambodian government know the dissatisfaction of the Thai people,' Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva told reporters.

'Last night's announcement by the Cambodian government harmed the Thai justice system and really affected Thai public sentiment,' Abhisit said.

Mr Abhisit said aid to Cambodia would also be halted, but checkpoints on the disputed border between the two countries would remain open and 'people-to-people relations would not be affected'.

There was no immediate reaction from Cambodia.

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen first floated the job offer forMr Thaksin at a summit of Asian leaders last month, and the official announcement, made by royal decree, came on state television.

Mr Thaksin remains a hugely influential figure in Thailand, where he has stirred up mass protests by the so-called 'Red Shirt' movement against Abhisit's government in the past year.

Mr Thaksin, who is believed to spend much of his time in Dubai, said in a Twitter posting that he thanked Hun Sen for the appointment but still wanted to work for Thailand's well-being.

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Originally Posted by watterinja

Welcome Emperor Thaksin...

Indeed. He's finally come home. Wel.....sort of

Gov't not to ask Cambodia to review decision of appointing Thaksin: Thai deputy PM
Editor: Deng Shasha

BANGKOK, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- It is not essential for the Thai government to ask Cambodia's government to reconsider its decision of appointing the ousted former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra as an adviser of the Cambodian government, Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban said Thursday.

Former Thai Premier Thaksin Shinawatra was officially appointed as adviser of his Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and the Royal Government of Cambodia King Norodom Sihamoni, a statement of the Royal Government announced on Wednesday.

"It is not necessary for the Foreign Ministry to send a letter to Cambodia's government to review the decision since it is Cambodia's internal affairs," Thai News Agency quoted Suthep as saying.

The Thai government does not have any right to disrupt this, while the bilateral relations between Thailand and Cambodia have still existed, Suthep said.

"I am not worried that being the advisor of Thaksin to Cambodia will cause to any border tension so the Thai government does not have to adjust the Thai-Cambodian border strategy," the deputy prime minister said.

Also, Suthep said he has believed such the advisor's appointment for Thaksin will not be harmful to Thailand in the future since he is still confident that Cambodia does not want to have any problem with Thailand.

However, if there is evidence proving Thaksin lives in Cambodia, the Thai government will send a letter to the Cambodian government to ask for extraditing Thaksin to Thailand, Suthep said.

And, if Cambodia refuses to extradite Thaksin, Thailand will see if Cambodia breaks any laws having been agreed by the two countries, Suthep explains.

Thaksin was ousted by the military coup in September, 2006, in accusation of corruption, and has been kept in exile since then.

He returned to Thailand in February, 2008 to face corruption charges, but he later fled into exile again and was convicted in absentia.

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