BANGKOK: Thailand’s government has revoked the personal passport of ousted and exiled Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra following several days of demonstrations that paralyzed Bangkok, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said yesterday. Thaksin, whom the government accuses of stoking the recent protests, has been on the run since he fled the country ahead of a conviction on corruption charges last year.
“If we believe the person who holds the passport is doing anything that could undermine the security of the nation, then we have the right to revoke the passport,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Tharit Charungvat said. The document was revoked Sunday, he said. The government has already revoked his diplomatic passport.
A state of emergency remained in place yesterday with soldiers continuing to patrol key intersections in the capital.
