Thaksin and Yingluck visit their Hakka ancestral home

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Former Thai leaders Yingluck, Thaksin visit ancestral village in Meizhou, Guangdong

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Following trips to Beijing (http://shanghaiist.com/2014/11/01/Former%20Thai%20leader%20Yingluck%20hits%20up%20Ch ina's%20tourist%20spots%20with%20son%20and%20older %20brother) and Sichuan panda zoo (http://www.ecns.cn/visual/hd/2014/10-31/52103.shtml), former Thailand Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and her older brother Thaksin Shinawatra visited their ancestral village in Meizhou, Guangdong province on October 31,NetEase (http://news.163.com/photoview/00AO0001/76688.html?from=ph_ss#p=A9T9065D00AO0001&from=tj_review) reported.

Yingluck and Thaksin, are fourth generation ethnic Chinese Thais originating from a family of Hakkas in Taxia village, Fengshun county of Meizhou city.

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It's reported that Thaksin had visited their origin in Meizhou in 2005.

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They are seen here with slips of paper bearing their names in Chinese.

By Lucy Liu

[Pictures courtesy of Yingluck's Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/Y.Shinawatra)]



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