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1 week agoFormer PM Thaksin Shinawatra leaves Thailand days ahead of court ruling that could see him jailed
Thailand's influential former prime miniser Thaksin Shinawatra flew out of the country on Thursday, police said, a day before a parliamentary vote for the next prime minister and ahead of a court ruling that could see him jailed. Many in Thailand spent Thursday evening glued to flight tracking websites, avidly following the path of Thaksin's private jet. News that he was at Bangkok's Don Mueang Airport broke early on Thursday evening, with local media reporting he had been stopped by immigration.
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