Thaksin's wife returns to face corruption charges

The wife of ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra was handed an arrest warrant today after she returned to Thailand to face corruption charges that could put her behind bars for 20 years.

Police presented Pojamarn Shinawatra with the warrant at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi International Airport and asked her to sign it, said police Maj Gen Thaweesak Toochinda.