‘Ambassadors’ of Thaksin


  • Opinion
  • Saturday, 29 Sep 2007

It’s been a year since the former Thai prime minister was ousted in a bloodless coup and despite stringent efforts by the military junta to black out news of the former strongman, the media-savvy Thaksin Shinawatra has found novel ways to remain in the Thai public eye.

ON SEPT 7, I received several urgent phone calls from my editors in Petaling Jaya requesting the photograph of Thai pop singer Saanrat “Lydia” Wisutthithadato.

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