Thakshin Shinawatra: Divisive ex PM returns to Thailand after 15 years

He is one of the most divisive figures in Thai history, a brash, politically-ambitious tycoon whose repeated successes in elections going back more than two decades provoked strong reactions from conservative forces - ranging from military coups, the occupations of government ministries and airports, to contentious court verdicts which have sacked three prime ministers and dissolved three pro-Thaksin political parties. Now he is on his way back, presumably after striking a quiet deal with his royalist adversaries to keep him out of prison. He has sentences of about 10 years...