article_snippet.sent: ex-Thai prime minister and one-time owner of Manchester City — in a Bangkok shopping mall.
article_snippet.sent: One was Pairoj Piempongsant, who brokered the deal when Shinawatra bought City in 2007 and is now senior adviser to the four-strong Thai consortium that purchased Reading last year. '
article_snippet.sent: And you may have recognised Pairoj Piempongsant.