Thaksin times

摘要

Less than two years ago Thaksin Shina-watra, a former prime minister of Thailand and something of an establishment outsider, appeared to be winning his bitter battle against the traditional elites in Bangkok, the capital. They, led by the army, had toppled Mr Thaksin in a coup in 2006. But Pheu Thai, the party he directs from self-imposed exile in Dubai, rocketed back to power in 2011 with his sister, Yingluck, at the helm. And in November 2013 Ms Yin-gluck's government promised a blanket amnesty wiping out a corruption charge preventing Mr Thaksin from returning.