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AFP: Interpol says no call received to arrest Thaksin

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Cross-border police agency Interpol said Friday it had received no request to track fugitive Thai ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra and that it would not arrest him on purely “political” grounds.

Thailand said Thursday it would request Interpol’s co-operation after it issued an arrest warrant on terrorism charges for Thaksin, whom it accuses of funding protests that led to deadly clashes in Bangkok in recent months.

Interpol’s headquarters in Lyon, France, quoted its Secretary General Ronald Noble as saying he had “no knowledge” yet of an official demand from Bangkok for help in the case.

If such a demand were made it would be subject to Interpol’s “normal procedure” and referred to the agency’s judicial advisers.

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