A doormat depicting former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife Pojaman in BangkokSaturday, November 15, 2008
BANGKOK (AFP) — Ousted Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife of 32 years have divorced, his spokesman said Saturday.
Thai newspapers reported that the divorce was finalised at the Thai consulate in Hong Kong on Friday, but Thaksin's spokesman Phongthep Thepkanjana said he could not confirm details.
"I have had it confirmed by a credible person in his team that Thaksin and Pojaman have divorced. But I have no details," Phongthep told AFP.
There was no immediate comment from the Thai consulate.
Thaksin, 59, and Pojaman, 51, have been living in exile to avoid jail sentences in their homeland and last week had their British visas cancelled.
Thaksin was toppled in a military coup in 2006.
A source close to Thaksin's family in Thailand confirmed the report but said that it would be a "divorce on paper" for practical or economic reasons.
"Thaksin and his wife remain very close and they are even closer since their problems began in Thailand," the source told AFP on condition of anonymity.
Thai newspapers reported that the divorce was finalised at the Thai consulate in Hong Kong on Friday, but Thaksin's spokesman Phongthep Thepkanjana said he could not confirm details.
"I have had it confirmed by a credible person in his team that Thaksin and Pojaman have divorced. But I have no details," Phongthep told AFP.
There was no immediate comment from the Thai consulate.
Thaksin, 59, and Pojaman, 51, have been living in exile to avoid jail sentences in their homeland and last week had their British visas cancelled.
Thaksin was toppled in a military coup in 2006.
A source close to Thaksin's family in Thailand confirmed the report but said that it would be a "divorce on paper" for practical or economic reasons.
"Thaksin and his wife remain very close and they are even closer since their problems began in Thailand," the source told AFP on condition of anonymity.
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Thai newspapers reported that the divorce was finalised at the Thai consulate in Hong Kong on Friday, but Thaksin's spokesman Phongthep Thepkanjana said he could not confirm details.I have had it confirmed by a credible person in his team that Thaksin and Pojaman have divorced. But I have no details, Phongthep told AFP.
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You have to don't worry about their problem.Just want to know how to make Cambodia country growing up not against each other.I read all comments in this forums so stupit people wrote it downd.Never make Cambodia country going up.Just let people around the world lookdown khmer people.
It's easy to catch a big fish like the ousted Thai Prime Minister: Just wait for him to come to put his investing capital with Hun Sen; they both have colaborated in doing business in Cambodia together. What do the CPP supporters think when their beloved leader, who has tons of dollars, think a little bit about his people and country's future?
well it is the game gain power with money .thai grip up and squisted to get back $$$$$$that hehad ,robber shase the robber .
Khmer oversea need to produce one like this for the CPP regime since khmer can't do it in cambodia.
Divorce so soon? :))) Taksin must have taken advice from China, because his brother in law is the new PM of Thailand. There must be something going behind the scene.
His exwife will be pardonned but Taksin will stay somewhere or in Cambodia according to China.
People in Thailand though those billion of dollars Taksin took from Thai people? Nop. It was from China for him to do the business in S East Asia to compete with the US and Vietnamese.
Taksin will be no longer heard later or he would be staying in a fancy island somewhere. At least they killed Hok Lundy.
Divorce so soon? :))) Taksin must have taken advice from China, because his brother in law is the new PM of Thailand. There must be something going behind the scene.
His exwife will be pardonned but Taksin will stay somewhere or in Cambodia according to China.
People in Thailand thought those billion of dollars Taksin took from Thai people? Nop. It was from China for him to do the business in S East Asia to compete with the US and Vietnamese.
Taksin will be no longer heard later or he would be staying in a fancy island somewhere. At least they killed Hok Lundy.
wasn't that his wife that got caught in the corruption deal, not him! it's good and normal to get divorce. here, in the USA, if one did something wrong like committed crime or felony, etc..., only that individual is responsible, not the family members nore anyone else. cambodia should adopt this kind of law to protect everybody's right as well.
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