Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra looks on as he speaks to Reuters during an interview in Singapore Feb 23, 2016. (Reuters file photo)Fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra met lawmakers from the Pheu Thai Party in Hong Kong where he called for party unity ahead of an approaching general election, party members said on Monday. Many are watching to see how Pheu Thai performs in a vote which the military government has promised to hold in November but which could be delayed. “Thaksin asked lawmakers to be united and not to break that unity,” Mr Prayuth told Reuters. Sources in the Pheu Thai Party say she is currently based in England.

Source: Bangkok Post February 19, 2018 09:56 UTC