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, the Bangkok government said Friday.
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 US dollars.
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.
Thaksin's bag, cash stolen at Moscow McDonald's
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Pete Yes, seeing as it's Friday night, I'll have to pay them a visit and find some traditional scandinavian cure.prcscct wrote:I'm sorry you have a cold. I'm sure the Finnish girls have a cure. :D Pete :cheers:STEVE G wrote:No, they are robbery!Randy Cornhole wrote:Did he order a HamBurgler?....... :roll:
I suspect that it will just replace the cold with a large headache on Saturday morning!