Thaksin urges supporters to accept party ban

BANGKOK, May 31 (Reuters) Exiled former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has urged his supporters to accept the disbanding of his party and a five-year political ban on its top leadership.

''As party leader, I humbly accept the ruling and I want to urge the CNS and government to hold general elections as soon as possible,'' Thaksin, living in London since his ouster in a coup last year, said in a statement read out by his lawyer in Bangkok.

He was referring to the Council for National Security (CNS), as the coup leaders call themselves.

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