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“…merely a sabbatical”?

February 1st, 2008 by Nicholas Farrelly · 3 Comments

The coup now looks like merely a sabbatical for Thaksin. We are back to square one, back to the pre-coup period when Thaksin and his cronies were in power. We are witnessing one of the most bizarre episodes in Thai political history.
- Extracted from the conclusion to Thanong Khanthong’s “Thailand takes a step back to square [...]

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Tags: Coup · Thailand · Thaksin

New Mandala in the press

February 1st, 2008 by Andrew Walker and Nicholas Farrelly · Add a Comment

Update (2 February 2008): A reader-friendly online version of this article is now available here.

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Tags: Coup · Election Watch · Samak · Thailand · Thaksin