Apparently former PM Thaksin is currently in Dubai. Britain revoked his visa while he was in China. The guilty verdict on the corruption charges appears to have influenced that decision.
PM Thaksin is scheduled to address his followers again by phone in the near future. Pundits, politicians and observers worry that he might say something to inflame his followers. He recently announced that he would not appeal his conviction and was considering reentering politics.
My guess is that the reason that he is not appealing the conviction is based on his assertion that the court that convicted him was the product of the 2006 coup which overthrew the legitimate democratically elected government. Appealing the case might appear to demonstrate acquiescence to its power. He did not, as you may know, attend his own trial.
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