Ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, along with his sister Yingluck Shinawatra, also an ex-premier, are exploiting the foreign media to ratchet up global pressure on the military government, a Pheu Thai source says.

The Pheu Thai Party also plans to turn Ms Yingluck into a democracy heroine, likening her to Myanmar’s democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, the source added.

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