Shinawatra to go home

The wife of deposed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said yesterday that her husband would return home from self-imposed exile in May to face corruption charges. Pojamarn Shinawatra made the statement when appearing before the Supreme Court on charges that she used her husband's political influence to buy prime Bangkok real estate from a government agency at a third of its estimated value. Pojamarn pleaded not guilty and asked the court for 90 days in which to prepare documents and witnesses to buttress her defence. The court agreed to set the date of the next hearing on April 29.