The rite was reportedly aimed at chasing away bad karma.
Somchai wrote a caption for the combo of Thaksin photos that read “Who's that in Myanmar?”
He did not say when the photos were taken.
Earlier photos of Bangkok police chief Pol Lt Gen Camronwit Toopgrajank and Social Development Minister Pavena Hongsakul at an airport went viral in social networks. They were reportedly leaving for Myanmar.