>Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is expected to travel abroad to give lectures at foreign universities following his first court appearance Wednesday, his spokesman Pongthep Thepkanchana said on Tuesday.
"I believe the first country on the Thaksin's speaking engagements is Japan where he would lecture for 90 minutes at Takushoku University.
Thaksin said on Monday that he already applied for the court's permission to leave the country for three weeks.
He also stated he would devote his attention to charity work after he was elected chairman of ThaiCom Foundation, a charity for education sponsored by the Shinawatra family.
"Don't try to think for me because in my mind, I am fed up with politics and want to work for charities," he said.
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