Monday, December 14, 2009
ABC Radio Australia
The fugitive former prime minister of Thailand, Thaksin Shinawatra, has returned to Cambodia a month after a visit that sparked a diplomatic row between Phnom Penh and Bangkok.
Thaksin is on a three-day visit to Cambodia, where has been appointed economic adviser to the national Government.
The billionaire former prime minister was ousted by the military in 2006 and later sentenced to jail in absentia on conflict of interest charges.
During his visit to Cambodia last month, Phnom Penh refused Bangkok's extradition request.
Cambodia's appointment of Thaksin has fuelled fears the position would give him a base over the border to unseat the Thai government..
Thaksin's was scheduled on Monday to attend a ceremony marking the release of a Thai man charged with spying.
Thai engineer Siwarak Chutipongse, an employee of Cambodian air traffic control, was accused of leaking Thaksin's November flight details to the Thai embassy.
Chutipongse was pardoned last week after a request to Cambodia's king from Thaksin and others.
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