SEOUL: Thailand’s wildly divisive billionaire former premier Thaksin Shinawatra on Tuesday told Asian governments the “rule of law“ was key to democracy, nearly a year after the military toppled his sister’s administration.
Thaksin’s rare comments came as his sister Yingluck appeared in a Bangkok court to plead not guilty to negligence over a costly rice subsidy policy during her stint as premier, which was ended by the courts just days before last May’s coup.
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