Shinawatra fucks off! - TalkCeltic

**celtboy** · 11-08-2008, 10:04 AM

Shinawatra flees to London

By - 11/08/2008 09:40
City owner Thaksin Shinawatra has fled to London instead of returning to Bangkok to face court charges.

Shinawatra and his family arrived in London early Monday and issued a statement saying:
"My wife and I have travelled to reside in England," Mr Thaksin said in the statement. "If I still have luck, I would come back and die on Thai soil like every other Thai person.
"What happened to my family and me is like fruit from a poisonous tree - the fruit will also be poisoned," the statement said.
"There is a continuation of dictatorship in managing Thai politics ... which is followed by interference in the justice system."
Shinawatra and his wife were due in court in Bangkok to face a charge of alleged unlawful purchase of real estate.
Last week, Shinawatra was in Beijing for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, where it is thought he held a meeting with City executive chairman Garry Cook.
It is thought Shinawatra has been in dialogue with business contacts about raising additional funds for the club, though the owner has denied he is trying to sell the club lock stock and barrel.
This is a worrying time for Blues fans, with new boss Mark Hughes seemingly unaware that the club were trying to sell Stephen Ireland and Vedran Corluka.
Reports in Monday's press indicate that Hughes had managed to persuade Corluka to reject a move to Spurs, though other reports suggest that the player's agent is still pushing for the move to go through.