Fugitive or unfairly prosecuted?

http://www.smh.com.au/world/fugitive-thai-leader-adopted-by-cambodia-20091105-i09s.html

On Wednesday, King Norodom Sihamoni of Cambodia officially announced the appointment of Thaksin Shinawatra as a senior government adviser. An action to most likely cause conflict between Thailand and Cambodia.

Thaksin Shinawatra was prime minister of Thailand from 2001 to 2006. Shinaeatra has been living outside of Thailand by choice after he was expelled in a 2006 military plot. Shinawatra had been accused of corruption and insulting the country's constitutional monarch. Last year, Shinawatra was sentenced to two years in prison for violating a conflict of interest law.

Many officials of Thailand believe that Shinawatra is attempting to weaken the government in order to regain power and control. "The strategy Thaksin is using, I call it "crashing." He is destroying everything in his path to reach his goal." - Sompop Manarungsan. Many Cambodian officials believe that Shinawatra was unjustly prosecuted and convicted for political reasons.

Maybe the Cambodian officials have a point. Not everything done in Shinawatra's term was corrupt. Shinawatra was Thailand's first prime minister to serve a full term, he launched social welfare policies, introduced the nation's first healthcare program, began extreme drug abolition campaigns, and his re-election had the largest voter turnout in Thai history.