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Thailand's former leader Thaksin Shinawatra returns from exile

August 22, 2023

Thaksin Shinawatra arrived home to rapturous applause – and an eight-year jail sentence. Thaksin was ousted in a military coup in 2006 - but backing among his Red Shirt supporters remains strong.

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