Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra

Thaksin Shinawatra: BANGKOK - The daughters of Thailand's self-exiled former leader Thaksin Shinawatra have criticized an online leak of flight details showing they flew first-class to London with eight suitcases. But they denied they were following their father's footsteps and fleeing the country. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. A photograph posted online of a computer check-in terminal shows the names, seats and ample baggage allowance of Thaksin's two daughters, Pintongta, 31, and Paetongtarn, 27. It was posted late Thursday, shortly after their flight left Bangkok. FILE - In this file photo taken July 31, 2008, ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is flanked by his daughters, Paetongtarn, left, and Pintongta, right, outside criminal court after the court ruled out that his wife Pojaman guilty on tax evasion in Bangkok. The daughters of Thailand's self-exiled former leader Thaksin Shinawatra have criticized an online leak of flight details showing they flew first-class to London with eight suitcases. But they denied they were following their father's footsteps and fleeing the country. AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong, File Thai Airways said it was investigating if one of its employees committed the ethical breach, which came during Thailand's latest round of mass street protests against Thaksin. The former prime minister was ousted in a 2006 military coup but remains at the centre of a long-running political crisis. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.