(11 Mar 08 – RV) Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was charged with new corruption
charges yesterday, two days before the start of his corruption trial. Thai graftbusters,
appointed by the generals who ousted Thaksin in a bloodless 2006 coup, accused the
former prime minister and other top officials of illegal use of funds from a state
lottery. Charles Montheinvichienchai is a Thai Ph.D. student at the School of Oriental
and African Studies in London. He told us about present expectations in his country.