Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is in China on a private visit, but the Chinese government was never informed of it, said Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao here on Thursday.

Thaksin was toppled in a bloodless coup in September. It was reported that he arrived in China on Tuesday and tried to meet with Thai Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont at the China-ASEAN summit held this week.

Liu said at a regular press conference that the Chinese government was never informed by the Thai government nor Thaksin that he was coming to China.

Source: Xinhua