Police said they arrested the former pop singer at his Bangkok home “on the charge of inciting protesters to kidnap the prime minister and cause unrest in the country.”
Thaksin remains in exile to avoid a two-year jail term for corruption, but has rallied supporters — and incensed the government — with almost nightly video and telephone speeches from an unidentified foreign hideout.
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