Thaksin relative Somchai Wongsawat to be new Thai PM
Sep 17th, 2008 | By David Harper | Category: WorldThe Australian: Somchai Wongsawat, brother-in-law to ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra, has won a majority of votes in parliament to become Thailand’s next prime minister.
The vote comes a week after former prime minister Samak Sundaravej was stripped of office by a court that found he had illegally accepted payments for hosting TV cooking programmes.