Thaksin departs, Cambodia-Thai relations in trouble
AFP - Sat Nov 14, 6:02 am ETFugitive former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra left Cambodia on Saturday, ending a contentious four-day visit that deepened a diplomatic crisis between the neighbours.
Fugitive former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra left Cambodia on Saturday, ending a contentious four-day visit that deepened a diplomatic crisis between the neighbours.
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Cambodia expelled the Thai embassy's first secretary and Thailand reciprocated in their worsening row relating to a former Thai prime minister.
Emboldened by a rousing welcome in Cambodia, fugitive former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra is rallying supporters from just over the border, upping the ante in Thailand's political crisis.
Fugitive former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra left Cambodia on Saturday, officials said, concluding a trip that has stoked a major diplomatic crisis between the two neighbours.
Thailand said Friday it would not be provoked into violence in its diplomatic tussle with Cambodia over fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, even as the ousted leader taunted the Bangkok government by meeting with political supporters in the neighboring country.
Former England captain Bryan Robson got his first win in a competitive match as Thailand coach on Saturday when they beat Singapore 3-1 in a crucial 2011 Asian Cup qualifier.
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia | Thailand said Friday it would not be provoked into violence in its diplomatic tussle with Cambodia over fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, even as the ousted leader taunted the Bangkok government by meeting with political supporters in the neighboring country. Mr. Thaksin's visit to Thailand's doorstep has highlighted his ability to command headlines in his ...
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Thailand's fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra was due to meet supporters Friday after a round of golf with Cambodia's prime minister amid a deepening row between the two nations.
Cambodian police said Friday they had charged a Thai man with spying on fugitive ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra, further inflaming a diplomatic crisis between the neighbouring countries.
Cambodia has detained a Thai man for allegedly spying on fugitive former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in the latest sign of worsening relations between the two neighbors.
PHNOM PENH (AFP)--Cambodian police said Friday they had charged a Thai man with spying after he supplied Thailand with details of fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra's flight schedule.
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) — A Thai court on Thursday gave prison sentences to 11 people, including a former Cabinet minister still on the run, for their parts in one of the biggest corruption scandals in the country's history.
Cambodia turned down a request Wednesday from Thailand to arrest former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who last year was sentenced in absentia by a Thai court to two years imprisonment for violating a conflict of interest law.
Bryan Robson's first competitive match as coach of Thailand ended in a 3-1 victory over Singapore in a Group E Asian Cup qualifier on Saturday.
BANGKOK, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Thailand moved a step closer to breaking off relations with Cambodia after Phnom Penh officially refused to extradite former Thai premier and fugitive Thaksin Shinawatra.