PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, wanted at home for a graft conviction, arrived in Cambodia on Tuesday to take up a government job offer that has set off a diplomatic row with Bangkok.
"Thaksin is now in Cambodia. He flew in on a special flight and just landed at the military airport," Khieu Kanharith, Cambodia's information minister, told Reuters.
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