Busy Thaksin to play golf in Cambodia

Thaksin has not scheduled any public appearance Wednesday due to illness from a cold and coughing, Pongthep said.

In Chiang Rai, Thaksin is expected to perform a religious rite for his family's ancestor at a Phayao temple on the occasion of Songkran Festival.

He will then meet to lend moral support to House Speaker Yongyuth Tiyapairat who is fighting electoral fraud charges.

He is also to visit the afforestation project at Doi Tung.

In Cambodia, he will play a round of golf with Cambodian prime minister Hun Sen.

The Nation