BANGKOK: Ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will not return to Thailand again, a pro-Thaksin MP said on Sunday.

Thaksin was due to return to Bangkok on Sunday, but MP Pracha Prasobdee told reporters at the airport he had spoken to a Thaksin aide who said the former prime minister would be making a statement "via the foreign media" at 9 am (0200 GMT) from London.

His statement implies that Thaksin could have flown direct from Beijing to London in violation of his bail terms.

Thaksin and his wife Pojaman are supposed to return on Sunday from the Olympic Games opening ceremony in Beijing.

They are to report to Thai courts under bail conditions set in various corruption cases against them.

Pojaman was found guilty last month of tax fraud and sentenced to three years' jail. - CNA/de