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	They took away Bt40 billion and slapped him with a two-year jail term for a dubious crime and yet you think taking away his passports and police title will agonise him? Yeah, I bet he&rsquo;s in a closet right now cowering in terror.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
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	I have a better idea. Why not humiliate him by demoting him to police corporal, so that the Thai press can refer to him as fugitive Cpl Thaksin Shinawatra?</div>
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	Somsak Pola</div>
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	Bangkok</div>

Corporal punishment would serve Thaksin right

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Corporal punishment would serve Thaksin right

It's silly for this government to take back Thaksin's passports and strip him of his police rank.

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