This picture taken on March 25, 2019, shows exiled former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra being interviewed by Agence France-presse in Hong Kong.
Thailand's divisive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra is set to return to the kingdom from exile on Tuesday, threatening fresh instability on the day parliament votes for a new prime minister after three months of political deadlock. Thailand braced for a day of political turmoil Tuesday as divisive billionaire ex-leader Thaksin Shinawatra was set to return after 15 years in exile, hours before a deadlocked parliament votes for a new prime minister.
The 74-year-old Thaksin, twice prime minister but ousted in a 2006 coup, has said he is now willing to face criminal convictions that he went into exile abroad to avoid. Thaksin has been convicted in four criminal cases in his absence, although the statute of limitations has expired in one. The jail sentences against him total 10 years.
The party is confident of getting its candidate Srettha approved in a joint vote by both houses, after gaining another 40 seats for its coalition on Monday with the addition of army-linked Palang Pracharath Party .
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