Thaksin Shinawatra (Right)
stands next to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen
before playing golf at a hotel in Siem Reap, 320
km (198 miles) southwest of Phnom Penh, November
13, 2009.
Thailand's fugitive former
premier Thaksin Shinawatra hugs a red-shirt
supporter at a hotel in Siem Reap November 12,
2009. Emboldened by a rousing welcome in
Cambodia, Thaksin is raising the stakes in his
bid for a political comeback by rallying support
from just over the border.
Former Thai Prime Minister
Thaksin Shinawatra attends a conference called
"Cambodia and the world after the financial
crisis" to give a lecture on economic matters to
more than 300 Cambodian economics experts at the
Ministry of Economy and Finance in Phnom Penh
November 12, 2009.
Former Thai Prime Minister
Thaksin Shinawatra, Cambodian Finance Minister
Keat Chhon (Right) and Cambodian Secretary of
State for the Ministry of Economy and Finance
Aun Porn Monirath (Left) attend a conference
called "Cambodia and the world after financial
crisis" at the Ministry of Economy and Finance
in Phnom Penh November 12, 2009. Thaksin is to
give a lecture on economic matters to more than
300 Cambodian economics experts at this event.
Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen (R)
meets with ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin
Shinawatra (L) at his house in the Kamdal province,
near the outskirts of Phnom Penh November 11 ,2009.
Thailand formally asked Cambodia to extradite
fugitive former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin in a
widening diplomatic row that threatens to worsen
Thailand's political crisis. Thailand's embassy in
Phnom Penh submitted the request for extradition a
day after he arrived in Cambodia to take up a job as
economic adviser to the Cambodian government, a move
that has infuriated the Thai authorities. The
diplomatic spat looks set to undermine any attempt
by Southeast Asian leaders to project a united front
in talks with U.S. President Barack Obama on Sunday
in Singapore, the first-ever meeting between a U.S.
leader and all 10 members of the Association of
South East Asian Nations
Ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin
Shinawatra arrives by plane in Phnom Penh November 10,
2009. Thaksin who is wanted at home for a graft
conviction, arrived in Cambodia to take up a job offer
from the government that has set off a diplomatic row
with Bangkok. The former telecoms billionaire is in
self-imposed exile after being toppled by the military
in 2006 and then later found guilty on a conflict of
interest charge. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has
made Thaksin an economic adviser to his government and
offered him a home in his country.
Ousted
Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra (Right) speaks
with Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen (Left) during their
meeting in Phnom Penh November 10, 2009.
Thaksin, wanted at home for a
graft conviction, arrived in Cambodia to take up a job
offer from the government that has set off a diplomatic
row with Bangkok. Prime Minister Hun Sen has made
Thaksin an economic adviser to his government and
offered him a home in his country. Thaksin is set to
brief more than 300 Cambodian economic experts at the
Ministry of Economy and Finance on November 12, 2009 in
the capital.
Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva
The Thai
Cabinet approved ending talks with Cambodia on their
disputed maritime border to protest Phnom Penh's
appointment of ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin
Shinawatra as an economic adviser, Thailand's deputy
government spokesman said. The approval came the
same day as Thaksin arrived in Cambodia to meet
Prime Minister Hun Sen and give an economic lecture
to more than 300 Cambodian economists later in the
week.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen examines a
weapon from a soldier of division 911 during a welcome
ceremony after the troops withdrew from the disputed border
with Thailand, in Siem Reap, 320 km (198 miles) southwest of
Phnom Penh, November 13, 2009.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen waves at
soldiers from division 911 during a ceremony welcoming the
troops back after they withdrew from the disputed border
with Thailand, in Siem Reap, 320 km (198 miles) southwest of
Phnom Penh, November 13, 2009.
Thaksin Shinawatra (Right) introduces his
red-shirted supporters to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen
(Left) before playing golf at a hotel in Siem Reap, 320 km
(198 miles) southwest of Phnom Penh, November 13, 2009.
Thailand's fugitive former premier Thaksin
Shinawatra (Left) is embraced by a supporter as he greets
red-shirted supporters at a hotel in Siem Reap November 12,
2009.
Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen speaks
during an interview with fugitive former Thai premier
Thaksin Shinawatra at Hun Sen's residence in Kamdal
province, near the outskirts of Phnom Penh. Cambodia refused
a request from Thailand on Wednesday to extradite Thaksin,
in a widening diplomatic row that threatens to worsen
Thailand's political crisis. Cambodia's Foreign Ministry
handed over a statement refusing to extradite the
billionaire, ousted in a 2006 coup and later sentenced to
two years in prison for graft, just seconds after officials
from the Thai embassy in Phnom Penh submitted the request.
(Cambodian Military
Battalion #70)
Prasas
Prasavinitchai, Thailand ambassador to Cambodia, arrives at
Phnom Penh international airport upon his departures to
Thailand November 5, 2009. Thailand recalled its ambassador
to Phnom Penh after Cambodia made Thaksin Shinawatra, a
former Thai premier on the run from a graft conviction, an
economic adviser, deepening a diplomatic row.
