Saturday, November 08, 2008

Passport approved, visa banned

The Nation's today's headline reads 'THAKSIN'S ASYLUM BID IN JEOPARDY' as U.K. banned the ex Thailand PM's visa to UK. This comes out of my expectation granted the fact that Thai Gov't still in support of Mr. Thaksin's seeking asylum in London by not withdrawing his Passport early on. It is legitimate the United Kingdom banned Mr. Thaksin and his wife's entering U.K. given that Thailand's court imprisoned him and his wife from corruption charges. But Doesn't this embarrass the Thai Government for not having withdrawn his passport earlier!, waiting until U.K. has to ban his visa. Ridiculous as it may sound, Mr. Thaksin was sentenced 2 years in prison by the Thai court, but his passport hasn't been withdrawn by the government whose court imprisoned him! What matters is the implication sent out by U.K.'s Gov't to the world, not only Thailand, that U.K. is no more a place for a national criminal.

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