Hun Xen's "eternal friend" set foot on Cambodia

A body guard for Cambodia Prime minister Hun Sen keeps watch at a military air base in Phnom Penh November 10, 2009. Ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra who is wanted at home for a graft conviction, arrived in Cambodia on Tuesday to take up a job offer from the government that has set off a diplomatic row with Bangkok. The former telecoms billionaire is in self-imposed exile after being toppled by the military in 2006 and then later found guilty on a conflict of interest charge. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has made Thaksin an economic adviser to his government and offered him a home in his country. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
Ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra (L) arrives by plane in Phnom Penh November 10, 2009. Thaksin who is wanted at home for a graft conviction, arrived in Cambodia on Tuesday to take up a job offer from the government that has set off a diplomatic row with Bangkok. The former telecoms billionaire is in self-imposed exile after being toppled by the military in 2006 and then later found guilty on a conflict of interest charge. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has made Thaksin an economic adviser to his government and offered him a home in his country. REUTERS/Stringer
Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is greeted upon his arrival at a military air base in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009. Cambodia announced that Thailand's fugitive ex-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra arrived Tuesday in Phnom Penh following his appointment as economic adviser to the government, fueling tensions between the neighboring countries. (AP Photo)
Ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra (L) arrives by plane in Phnom Penh November 10, 2009. Thaksin who is wanted at home for a graft conviction, arrived in Cambodia on Tuesday to take up a job offer from the government that has set off a diplomatic row with Bangkok. The former telecoms billionaire is in self-imposed exile after being toppled by the military in 2006 and then later found guilty on a conflict of interest charge. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has made Thaksin an economic adviser to his government and offered him a home in his country. REUTERS/Stringer
Ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra prepares to enter a car at a military air base in Phnom Penh November 10, 2009. Thaksin who is wanted at home for a graft conviction, arrived in Cambodia on Tuesday to take up a job offer from the government that has set off a diplomatic row with Bangkok. The former telecoms billionaire is in self-imposed exile after being toppled by the military in 2006 and then later found guilty on a conflict of interest charge. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has made Thaksin an economic adviser to his government and offered him a home in his country. REUTERS/Stringer