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BANGKOK, Feb 5 (TNA) - Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (pictured) on Thursday urged members of the Opposition Puea Thai Party and former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra to think of the country first and not to create more divisions in Thai society. Commenting on reports that some 30 members of the Puea Thai Party will meet with Mr. Thaksin, Thailand's ousted and convicted former premier, Mr. Abhisit said the meeting of Opposition party members and the ex-premier was made regularly, but saw no problem. However, he firmly advised those who would meet the ex-premier that the country's citizens want to see peace and a community response to solving problems rather than playing politics, said Mr. Abhisit. Asked if the government would seek the extradition of Mr. Thaksin and put him on trial for the pending cases in Thailand, Mr. Abhisit said it is not easy to ask for cooperation from foreign countries because Mr. Thaksin is a man in motion who keeps travelling and has no fixed address. He said Mr. Thaksin should return to Thailand and defend himself in court. Ex-premier Thaksin is believed to travel to Cambodia frequently, he said, but that is not a problem because no countries which are friendly with Thailand would allow him to use their soil as a springboard for launching political activities against this country, he said. Mr. Thaksin was ousted in a bloodless military coup in September 2006. He fled the country in August before being sentenced last October to two years in jail for abuse of power in a Bangkok land purchase deal. (TNA) |
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