Thai ex-PM Thaksin's bag, cash stolen at Moscow McDonald's - official |
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BANGKOK (XFN-ASIA) - A suitcase belonging to deposed Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra containing thousands of dollars and his passport was stolen from a McDonald's restaurant in Moscow, a Thai foreign ministry official said.The case, which was taken while he was eating in the fast-food diner, also contained legal documents for a lawsuit against members of an anti-corruption body investigating him, according to the Bangkok Post.A Thai foreign ministry official said Thaksin reported the loss to Russian police and applied for a new passport at the embassy in Moscow.'We have issued a temporary passport to the former prime minister,' he said.Thaksin's lawyer said the bag contained dollars, pounds and rubles worth up to 8,700 usd.Thaksin, a self-made billionaire who has remained in self-exile since his government was toppled by the military last September, was in Moscow on Monday to receive an honorary degree from an economic institute when the theft took place.afp/kmq
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