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Thailand's billionaire former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has vowed to return to the kingdom on August 10 after 15 years in self-exile, his daughter said July 26, 2023.  This might be his only chance to return without must resistance from the military-linked establishment.

Thailand's former PM Thaksin Shinawatra has vowed to return to the country on Aug 10 after 15 years in self-exile.

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- It’s now or never for former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra if he wants to return home after 15 years in self-exile.

Against the backdrop of a precarious political stalemate involving parties negotiating to form the new government, Thaksin’s daughter Paetongtarn Shinawatra, 36, on Wednesday announced

that he will return to Thailand on Aug 10.

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