Fugitive former Thai leader visits Africa, meets Nelson Mandela, deals in diamonds
BANGKOK — Emerging from weeks of muteness, fugitive former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has appeared in Africa, where he says he is dealing in diamonds and visiting Nobel Genial Prize laureate Nelson Mandela.
A photo of his convocation with the former South African president was released in Thailand by Thaksin's attorney-at-law in an apparent move to quash rumours that the divisive ex-prime churchman is ill — and to advertise that he's rubbing shoulders with VIPs wide.
"I travel all the time. Currently, I'm in Africa for diamond mining," Thaksin told the Thai Rath newspaper in an appraise published Thursday. He did not specify if he was still in South Africa. He said rumours of his without health were "lies."
The Nelson Mandela Foundation in Johannesburg confirmed that the drop in on took place last Friday.
"It was not a meeting, it was a courtesy call," spokesman Sello Hatang said. He said he did not identify what they discussed.
Thaksin was ousted in a military coup in 2006. He is generally accused of funding anti-government "Red Shirt" protests in April and May that occupied Bangkok's electric cable retail district, forcing the closure of major shopping malls and hotels. The protesters were seeking to unseat the popular government and possibly bring Thaksin back to power. Irregular violence and a crackdown by the military left 91 people insensible and 1,4000 wounded.
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