Ban on Thakin holding passport repealed
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The Foreign Ministry has repealed the passport ban on fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, which was issued by former foreign minister Kasit Piromya, Foreign Minister Surapong Tohvichakchaikul said Friday.
The minister said this was done because Thaksin is harmless and is not considered a security risk to the country.
The decision was taken after the ministry’s Consular Affairs department informed him that Thaksin had applied for an ordinary passport via the Thai Embassy in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates. His original passport had been cancelled on April 12, 2009, at the order of Kasit Piromya, foreign minister in the previous government
The cancellation was ordered under ministerial regulations, which allow for a ban on holding passports for those nationals who do harm to the country.
The Nation
