Thailand's former prime minister, naturalized Montenegrin billionaire Thaksin Shinawatra, has said he is delaying his return from self-imposed exile as Thailand struggles to overcome a political impasse following May's general election in which opponents of military rule won.
Shinawatra, a former telecommunications tycoon, spent years trying to resist military interference in governments led by his populist party and was eventually ousted in a 2006 coup.
He announced on X, the social network formerly known as Twitter, that he needed a medical and would delay his return, originally planned for August 10, for "a few weeks".
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