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THAILAND TIGHTENS SECURITY AHEAD OF THAKSIN RULING

by: Jeff Ooi Chuan Aun   February 8 8:11pm

Thailand has started deploying about 20,000 security forces to brace for protests ahead of a widely anticipated court ruling on the $2.2 billion fortune of deposed leader Thaksin Shinawatra. Supporters of Thaksin have stepped up anti-government demonstrations ahead of the Feb. 26 Supreme Court ruling on whether to seize Thaksin's assets. The former tycoon's riches were frozen after he was ousted by a coup in 2006. Government spokesman Panitan Wattanayagorn said more than 13,...