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Post by radovic on May 13, 2009 11:43:55 GMT -5
Fugitive eyes Balkan Hawaii By: THANIDA TANSUBHAPOL MANOP THIP-OSOD Published: 13/05/2009 at 12:00 AM Newspaper section: NewsThe Foreign Ministry is seeking clarification from the government of Montenegro of reports that it has issued former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra with a passport. The Thai embassy in Bulgaria has been ordered to contact the Montenegrin government for confirmation, assistant to the foreign minister Panich Vikitsreth said yesterday. Thailand established diplomatic ties with the Balkan state in 2007. It uses the embassy in Bulgaria as its contact point. The decision follows reports on the website, www.Visit-Montenegro.com, that Thaksin held a Montenegrin passport and planned to buy an island there. Thaksin's target apparently is Sveti Nikola, a small island of 37,000 sq m in the Adriatic Sea with three long sandy beaches. It has been dubbed a "Hawaii". The auction price set by the First Bank of Montenegro starts at 21 million euros (987 million baht), it said. The auction will be held on May 23. The ministry would not interfere with Thaksin's business plans but it needed to know why Montenegro had issued him with a passport, Mr Panich said. Noppadon Pattama, Thaksin's former legal adviser, said Thaksin was interested in developing property on the island. But Thaksin had not yet finalised any deals with businessmen who owned property on the island, he said.
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Post by radovic on May 13, 2009 11:45:35 GMT -5
^Thaksin wants to show how much of a criminal he isn't by buying an island woned by Stanke Subotic Cane, and formerly owned by Gazda Jezda.
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Post by ErmirI on May 13, 2009 14:03:35 GMT -5
The ministry would not interfere with Thaksin's business plans but it needed to know why Montenegro had issued him with a passport, Mr Panich said. Because Milo is a crook, that's why. Thaksin paid a lot for it. Montenegro laws are very restrictive, as with less than 700,000 they fear being overwhekmed by stragers esp neighbours. They actually "delete" everyone thats seeks citizenship of a neighbouriing country (Croatia, Serbia, Albania)
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