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BANGKOK — Populist former Thai leader Thaksin Shinawatra and his supporters denounced a court order to seize $1.4 billion of his assets and vowed Saturday to pursue a nonviolent struggle for what they said would be a people’s democracy.
But analysts and editorials speculated that the Supreme Court’s decision not to seize all $2.3 billion of Thaksin’s frozen assets would at least temporarily ease political conflicts that have plagued the country for four years.
The court ruled Friday that Thaksin abused his power to enrich himself and his family while in office and ordered that $1.4 billion of his telecommunications fortune be seized.
