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Ousted PM and wife fail to board flight to Bangkok
source: The Nation 6:15 PM Sunday Aug 10 2008
Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife; Khunying Pojaman Shinawatra failed to board a Thai International Airway flight from Beijing to return to Bangkok as earlier scheduled.
A THAI official source that the couple did not show up at Bejing airport to board TG 615 flight which left Bejing at 5.35pm. The flight is scheduled to arrive at Suvarnabhumi Airport at 9.45pm.
It is still unclear why they failed to show up.
The source said they can take the next flight to Bangkok which is scheduled to leave Beijing at 0.35am and is scheduled to arrive Bangkok at 6.15am.
Thaksin was in Beijing to attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic on Friday.
He is due to return to Bangkok to testify on Monday in a Supreme Court's hearing on the Rachadaphisek land-purchase deal, in which both Thaksin and Pojaman have been accused of abuse of power by taking part in the bidding for land owned by the Financial Institutions Development Fund, a unit of the Bank of Thailand.
Rumours had spread that they might not return home after Khunying Pojaman is sentenced to three years imprisonment for avoiding paying Bt546-million tax. Rumour mill said that they might seek political asylum in a foreign country.
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