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Thailand’s fugitive figurehead returns home and goes straight to jail
Overjoyed fans have welcomed home ex-Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra as he returned to the country after years away. But he was then taken to jail.
- Chris Barrett
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- Chris Barrett
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- James Massola and Veena Thoopkrajae
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