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Article: BACKGROUNDER: Thailand's ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- February 28, 2008
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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
likeShin Corporation and Advanced Info Service before entering
politics.
Thaksin entered politics by ...