Thaksin's Thailand return is imminent.
Although Thaksin, arguably Thailand's most influential and divisive former leader, has failed to make good on numerous pledges to return, his remarks on Twitter were the first time in recent years that he has set a timeframe.
The 73-year-old former police colonel and telecoms mogul has loomed large over Thai politics since his ousting in a 2006 coup and departure into exile in 2008 to avoid jail for abuse of power, a charge he insists was politically motivated. Thaksin's youngest daughter Paetongtarn, 36, is one of Pheu Thai's prime ministerial candidates and gave birth to her second child last week.
Thaksin has spent most of his exile in Dubai or in London, where he became famous for buying Premier League football club Manchester City in 2007.
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