Hong Kong blogger Thomas Crampton1 interviewed Thai prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland last weekend. Embedded below is the brief video interview. Crampton also has the full transcript on his site.
In the interview, Abhisit says exiled PM Thaksin Shinawatra should return to Thailand to face the charges against him.
“[Thaksin] still has influence,” says Abhisit. “He still has supporters, but the Thai government must prove that our country will enforce the law in a non-discriminatory way. I can assure him that he will get a fair treatment. It is our clear policy and every intention to do just that.”
(Crampton also interviewed Thaksin himself back in November.)
- You’ll recall that he also recently interviewed Curtis Winston about the Thai film industry. [↩]
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