A total of 45 local red-shirt leaders from Nakhon Ratchasima Wednesday crossed the border at a checkpoint in Si Sa Ket to meet fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra in Siem Reap.

Thaksin is scheduled to visit Siem Reap Thursday after giving a special lecture to some 300 Cambodian Finance Ministry officials.

The 45 red-shirt leaders crossed the border at 1 pm.