Exiled Thai Prime Minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, is demanding members of the international community be involved in the investigation of recent bloody anti-government protests in Bangkok. After two months of protests, government troops broke them up, leaving 90 people dead in the clashes.

[Robert Amsterdam, Thaksin’s Attorney]:
“Clearly, we are urging an international investigation. We need to see if the government is going to investigate their conduct as well as that of the demonstrators during this period in a fair, impartial, independent way with international involvement.”

The protesters were mainly drawn from the ranks of Thaksin’s supporters. The Thai government has accused Thaksin of "acts of terrorism" for funding the protests and inciting violence. Thaksin has denied organizing the protests.

Thaksin was ousted in a bloodless coup in 2008, and has spent his self-imposed exile mainly in Dubai.

Thaksin, a telecommunications billionaire, won widespread support among the rural and urban poor with populist policies.