BANGKOK (Reuters): Thai former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said on Saturday he was postponing his return from self-exile as Thailand struggles to overcome a political deadlock after the general election in May was won by opponents of military-backed parties.
Thaksin, a former telecoms tycoon who became prime minister in 2001 and ousted by the military in 2006, has towered over Thailand's politics despite having lived in self-imposed exile since 2008 to avoid graft convictions which he said were politically motivated after his government were ousted in a 2006 coup.
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