Article: BACKGROUNDER: Thailand's ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra

BACKGROUNDER: Thailand's ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra

BANGKOK, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra returned to Thailand Thursday morning, after more than 17 months of self-exile abroad since a military coup ousted his administration.

Thaksin faces a series of charges and allegations of corruptionand abuse of power brought up by junta-appointed investigation bodies.

Former police Lieutenant-Colonel Thaksin, born in Thailand's northern province Chiang Mai in 1949, became one of the richest people in Thailand by setting up telecommunications companies

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