Word: limthongkul
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Dates: during 2006-2006
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...military regime. Now it's Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, re-elected in a landslide victory just a year ago but vilified in recent months by many of Bangkok's residents. Demonstrations in the capital have become a weekly feature, led by a businessman-turned-political opponent of Thaksin, Sondhi Limthongkul, whose rallies draw tens of thousands. Vasan is a regular. An artist, he sketches caricatures of Thaksin as Hitler (sporting moustache and swastika) to hand out, and reads poems and sings songs to warm up the crowds before Sondhi takes to the stage. "I'm here to get Thaksin," Vasan...
...SONDHI LIMTHONGKUL? When Thaksin's key opponent gets a call on his mobile phone there is no chirrup of birdsong or snatch of the William Tell Overture. Instead the phone emits a recording of his own voice shrieking, "Thaksin! Get Out!" Sondhi, 58, is a former media mogul who was hammered during the Asian financial crisis but managed to claw his way back into the black with help from a fellow magnate: ironically, Thaksin himself...