Abe dined with exiled former Thai Premier, Thaksin Shinawatra

cite from msn sankei,
english translation by srachai,

2013.10.26 18:10 ［安倍首相］
2013.10.26 18:10 [Abe]

安倍首相、海外逃亡中のタイの元首相と会食
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, dined with exiled former Thai Prime Minister,Thaksin Shinawatra

安倍晋三首相は２６日、タイのタクシン元首相と都内のホテルで、昼食をとりながら会談した。両国の経済問題などについて意見交換したとみられる。
On October 26, 2013, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met to take a lunch with former exiled Thai Prime Minister　Thaksin Shinawatra at a hotel in Tokyo, discussing about bilateral economic issues between the two countries.

タクシン氏はインラック現首相の実兄にあたる。国有地の不正購入をめぐる汚職事件で実刑判決を受け海外逃亡中だ。
Exiled Thaksin is a brother of Yingluck Shinawatra, the current Prime Minister of Thailand.
Being sentenced tow years' imprisonment at the Thai Court against some bribery scandals involving the illegal purchase of State-owned land, Thaksin exiled him as a fugitive abroad.

タイ政界に影響力を有しているタクシン氏だが、日本の首相が、海外逃亡中の外国要人と会談するのは異例だ。
Although Thaksin still has great influence in Thailand politics, it is quite an extraordinary case for Japan's Prime Minister to meet an exiled foreign dignitaries.


related story,
http://sankei.jp.msn.com/politics/news/131026/plc13102618110010-n1.htm
http://www.newsclip.be/article/2013/10/31/19574.html