Summary
IF LIVERPOOL thought the forging of cultural and economic links with Thailand would proceed as smoothly as Chelsea's Russian revolution, evidence was yesterday provided to suggest the Anfield club's problems have not yet ended with the apparent securing of a GBP 56million investment from the Thai Prime Minister, Thaksin Shinawatra.
Rather than provoking excited chatter amongst supporters regarding the identity of the club's new signings in light of securing such a sum, worries continue to be aired about the human rights record of Thaksin's Thai government. His regime stands accused of nearly 2,200 killings in a particularly heavy-handed war on drugs, while he has earned condemnation from the leading human rights group Amnesty International after the execution of Muslim activists last month.See the full content of this document
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Rival Bids to Block Thai Takeover of Liverpool
While Liverpool chairman David Moores has so far refused to comment on his chief executive Rick Parry's meeting with Thaksin in Bangkok this week, there was fur...
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