Thai ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra postpones return from self-exile | News

The former leader says he is delaying his return due to a medical appointment.

Thai former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has said he was postponing his return from self-exile as Thailand struggles to overcome a political deadlock after the general election in May was won by opponents of military-backed parties.

The 74-year-old billionaire, who won two elections before being removed in a 2006 military coup, has long said that he wished to return home – but faces multiple criminal charges he claims are politically motivated.

On Saturday, Thaksin, a former telecoms tycoon, said that he would delay his scheduled return due to a medical appointment.

“I would like to postpone my return date to Thailand for not more than two weeks,” he posted on Twitter, recently rebranded as X.

His daughter, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, 36, one of the prime minister candidates for the Pheu Thai Party,…