Ousted Thai leader will not return, says MP

Ousted Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra will not return to Thailand again, a pro-Thaksin MP said today.

Mr Thaksin was due to return to Bangkok today but MP Pracha Prasobdee told reporters at the airport he had spoken to an aide who said the former prime minister would be making a statement "via the foreign media" at 9 am (0200 GMT) from London.

That is about the same time Mr Thaksin and his wife are meant to report to the courts under bail conditions set in various corruption cases against them.

Reuters