Kasit vs Thaksin-He was also willing to fly to meet Thaksin to take away his Thai passport, as Thaksin had claimed he would be willing to give it up if Ta hai official came to get it.

Kasit counters Thaksin’s claims
By: BangkokPost.com
Published: 31/03/2009 at 05:13 PM
Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya on Tuesday denied Thaksin Shinawatra’s claim he had asked for money and for the job of adviser to the finance minister when the fugitive deposed premier was in power.

At the time, Somkid Jatusripitak was finance minister, and Mr Somkid had approached him with the offer of a job as his adviser, Mr Kasit told a press conference.

He also said that he had never asked thaksin for money , The former prime minister had been the one handing out money, which he used to assist officials at Thai embassies abroad and expatriate Thais.

Mr Kasit said he had informed Thaksin how he spent the money.

If Thaksin would like to take back the money he used in helping Thais in Germany, he was willing to repay it. It was only a few hundred thousand baht, he added.

The foreign minister, who has close ties with the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD), then challenged Thaksin to a debate through the international media, possibly on the BBC. He said Thakskin excels only at speaking alone through a microphone.

He was also willing to fly to meet Thaksin to take away his Thai passport, as Thaksin had claimed he would be willing to give it up if Ta hai official came to get it.