Thai 'Red Shirt' dissident detained upon return from exile

Jakrapob Penkair was a government spokesman for former premier Thaksin Shinawatra, and then a prominent member of the "Red Shirt" movement that supported him after he was ousted by a military coup in 2006.

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(FILES) In this photo taken on May 30, 2008 Jakrapob Penkair, then a minister attached to the Prime Minister's Office and a close ally of ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra, speaks during a press conference announcing his resignation at the Government House in Bangkok. AFP