Deposed Thai PM now in Dubai: aide

Billionaire Thaksin - who was toppled in a coup in 2006 and has been living in exile since August to avoid jail sentences at home - also plans to address supporters in Thailand by telephone next month, said the aide.

Since Britain cancelled Thaksin's visa on November 7, he has travelled to several cities around the world including Beijing and Hong Kong - where he divorced his wife in a surprise move late last week.

"He is in Dubai, I don't know how long he will be there," Jatuporn Prompan, a key leader for a Thaksin supporters group, told AFP in Bangkok.

"He will call to talk about the political situation" to supporters at the National Stadium on December 10, Jatuporn said, adding that he did not know if Thaksin would do so from the Gulf emirate.

Thaksin has links to the United Arab Emirates, having sold Premier League Club Manchester City to Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al Nahyan's Abu Dhabi United Group (ADUG) in September.

He was forced to give up his stake after having 2.2 billion dollars of his assets frozen as a result of corruption and fraud charges in Thailand.

A lawyer for Thailand's opposition party said Sunday that Thaksin Shinawatra would not recoup his money simply by his decision to divorce his wife, Pojaman, after 32 years of marriage.