Actually, Thaksin was scourge of visa-runners

Actually, Thaksin was scourge of visa-runners – The Nation, July 13, 2011
[Actually the Thaksin-controlled governments were very much about following existing visa rules and cracking down on foreigners working off the books who were doing endless visa runs as tourists.]
…The complicating and quadrupling of visa costs had absolutely nothing to do with the Banharn [Silpa-archa] government or the wife of a rich politician taking a dislike to a foreigner on a plane. Thaksin effectively did away with the three-month visa!…