He has denied allegations of extrajudicial killings during his time in office, and faces a series of corruption charges relating to his five years in power. He made his money in telecommunications, but has billions of assets frozen in Thailand.
The US-based Human Rights Watch was unhappy that Thaksin passed the Premier League's "fit and proper persons" test, which can be used to decide on suitable directors and owners of clubs.
The Premier League said its ownership rules went "above and beyond any requirement by UK company law and are, to our knowledge, some of the sternest in place in any UK industry."
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