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Thaksin Shinawatra's planned development on Cambodia's Koh Kong is not linked to negotiations over the disputed area around Preah Vihear, former deputy army chief Gen Vichit Yathip said. Gen Vichit conceded he arranged a recent game of golf between Mr Thaksin and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and said the two men discussed building a casino and entertainment complex on the Cambodian island. It would be a joint investment between Mr Thaksin and businessmen in the Middle East. A prospective investor was Harrods owner, Mohamed al-Fayed.
He denied reports the planned development was a trade-off for a compromise on disputed land around Preah Vihear temple. Speculation of a trade-off intensified after Foreign Minister Noppadon Pattama, formerly Mr Thaksin's lawyer, suddenly transferred Virachai Plasai, chief of the Treaties and Legal Affairs Department and a negotiator on the Preah Vihear issue, to an inactive post.
Thaksin Shinawatra's planned development on Cambodia's Koh Kong is not linked to negotiations over the disputed area around Preah Vihear, former deputy army chief Gen Vichit Yathip said. Gen Vichit conceded he arranged a recent game of golf between Mr Thaksin and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and said the two men discussed building a casino and entertainment complex on the Cambodian island. It would be a joint investment between Mr Thaksin and businessmen in the Middle East. A prospective investor was Harrods owner, Mohamed al-Fayed.
He denied reports the planned development was a trade-off for a compromise on disputed land around Preah Vihear temple. Speculation of a trade-off intensified after Foreign Minister Noppadon Pattama, formerly Mr Thaksin's lawyer, suddenly transferred Virachai Plasai, chief of the Treaties and Legal Affairs Department and a negotiator on the Preah Vihear issue, to an inactive post.
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