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Mon, 08/15/2011 - 09:31
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Abhisit: Japan has final say on Thaksin's requested entry
BANGKOK, August 15 (TNA) - Acting Democrat Party's leader Abhisit Vejjajiva on Monday said the Japanese government has full authority to decide whether to approve visa for convicted ex-Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
Responding to reports that Japan has already granted a special entry visa to Thaksin for his planned visit to the Asian major nation next week, Abhisit told reporters before his departure for visiting flood victims in the lower Thai North that the Japanese authorities have the final say on Thaksin's entry request.
Abhisit insisted, however, that his opposition camp will "check" whether any Thai authority in the new Pheu Thai government, aligned with Thaksin, has involved in the Tokyo government's decision, as recent reports said that newly-appointed Thai foreign minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul met Japanese Ambassador to Thailand Seiji Kojima last Friday.
Thai Foreign Ministry Spokesman Thani Thongpakdi confirmed that Thaksin has been granted the special entry permit by the Japanese government. The exiled ex-Thai premier, who is the elder brother of Thailand's incumbent first female Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, has been invited by the Japan, China, ASEAN Institute of Economy and Culture to hold a press conference and to give a special lecture in Japan. During his planned trip to Japan from August 22-28, Thaksin will also visit areas in the Japanese Northeast affected by a massive earthquake and tsunami on March 11.
The former Thai premier was sentenced to a two-year jail term for abuse his authority then by granting permission to his wife to purchase a plot of land from a stage agency and was ousted by a military coup in September 2006. Therefore, Thaksin needs special permission to visit Japan, as Tokyo's immigration control and refugee recognition law prohibits any foreigner who has been sentenced to a jail term of more than one year from entering the country. (TNA)
Responding to reports that Japan has already granted a special entry visa to Thaksin for his planned visit to the Asian major nation next week, Abhisit told reporters before his departure for visiting flood victims in the lower Thai North that the Japanese authorities have the final say on Thaksin's entry request.
Abhisit insisted, however, that his opposition camp will "check" whether any Thai authority in the new Pheu Thai government, aligned with Thaksin, has involved in the Tokyo government's decision, as recent reports said that newly-appointed Thai foreign minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul met Japanese Ambassador to Thailand Seiji Kojima last Friday.
Thai Foreign Ministry Spokesman Thani Thongpakdi confirmed that Thaksin has been granted the special entry permit by the Japanese government. The exiled ex-Thai premier, who is the elder brother of Thailand's incumbent first female Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, has been invited by the Japan, China, ASEAN Institute of Economy and Culture to hold a press conference and to give a special lecture in Japan. During his planned trip to Japan from August 22-28, Thaksin will also visit areas in the Japanese Northeast affected by a massive earthquake and tsunami on March 11.
The former Thai premier was sentenced to a two-year jail term for abuse his authority then by granting permission to his wife to purchase a plot of land from a stage agency and was ousted by a military coup in September 2006. Therefore, Thaksin needs special permission to visit Japan, as Tokyo's immigration control and refugee recognition law prohibits any foreigner who has been sentenced to a jail term of more than one year from entering the country. (TNA)
