Thaksin and Yingluck Shinawatra during a trip to Tokyo last year. Photo: AFP Thaksin and Yingluck Shinawatra during a trip to Tokyo last year. Photo: AFP
Thaksin and Yingluck Shinawatra during a trip to Tokyo last year. Photo: AFP
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Thailand to ask Hong Kong to extradite Thaksin Shinawatra

  • The exiled former prime minister is in Hong Kong to witness the wedding of his youngest daughter Paetongtarn ‘Ing’ Shinawatra to Pidok Sooksawas
  • The news comes just days ahead of Thailand’s general election, which the Shinawatra-backed Pheu Thai party is expected to win

Topic |   Thailand
Bhavan Jaipragas
Bhavan Jaipragas

Updated: 11:30pm, 19 Mar, 2019

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Thaksin and Yingluck Shinawatra during a trip to Tokyo last year. Photo: AFP Thaksin and Yingluck Shinawatra during a trip to Tokyo last year. Photo: AFP
Thaksin and Yingluck Shinawatra during a trip to Tokyo last year. Photo: AFP
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