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Former Thai PM Thaksin’s Audacious Plan Blows Up

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Feb 09, 2019
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It appears that an audacious gambit by Thaksin Shinawatra to use a royal princess to resume center stage in Thai politics may have been ended by King Vajiralongkorn, who issued a statement in Germany on Feb. 9 that her plan to head a party aligned with the former premier was inappropriate and unconstitutional.

The sudden announcement yesterday of Princes…

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