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Fri, 06/17/2011 - 11:54
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Thaksin optimistic for Thailand's future
BANGKOK, June 17 (TNA) - Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra says that he is optimistic for Thailand's future and is hoping that his youngest sister's efforts to win the country's forthcoming general election, set on July 3, will pave the way for the national reconciliation.
The billionaire former telecommunications tycoon, who lives in exile to avoid a prison sentence for graft, acknowledged during his special interview with Japan-based Kyodo News earlier this week that he hoped to return to Thailand by December 2011.
Living in Dubai since fleeing Thailand ahead of a 2008 court verdict, the twice-elected Thaksin said he has been in regular contacts with his youngest sister, Yingluck Shinawatra, now the top list candidate of the Pheu Thai Party. (TNA)
The billionaire former telecommunications tycoon, who lives in exile to avoid a prison sentence for graft, acknowledged during his special interview with Japan-based Kyodo News earlier this week that he hoped to return to Thailand by December 2011.
Living in Dubai since fleeing Thailand ahead of a 2008 court verdict, the twice-elected Thaksin said he has been in regular contacts with his youngest sister, Yingluck Shinawatra, now the top list candidate of the Pheu Thai Party. (TNA)
