Thaksin ouster: Time to come home

July 27, 2023

PUBLISHED : 27 Jul 2023 at 11:59

In this file photo taken in May 2007, then army chief and coup leader Gen Sonthi Boonyaratglin (centre) gives a press conference following the dissolution of political parties over election fraud. He is accompanied by Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha, left, and Gen Anupong Paojinda. (Photo: Apichit Jinakul)

The former army chief who staged a coup d’etat and overthrew the elected government of Thaksin Shinawatra 17 years ago now supports Thaksin’s return to Thailand, seeing it…