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Revocation of Thaksin's honours

Source: The Nation
Bangkok : Thailand | about 1 month ago  
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  • A supporter of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra displays a defaced poster of Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva during a rally by a hundred Thaksin supporters near Hua Hin
    A supporter of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra displays ...
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A supporter of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra displays ...
If they could use the law to kill me, they would have done so a long time ago. "Theoretically, the law-enforcement side is created to maintain peace and justice. Law must be enforced fairly and equally, but the government opts to exercise the law to serve a political goal."
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