BANGKOK , Thailand ( CNN ) -- The wife of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra arrived in Thailand Tuesday morning to face corruption charges , promising to fight the accusations , her attorney said . Pojamarn Shinawatra with her husband Thaksin Shinawatra . According to Pichit Chuenban , Pojamarn Shinawatra was presented with an arrest warrant shortly after arriving at Bangkok 's Suvarnabhumi International Airport and was escorted by authorities to the Supreme Court . `` She intends to fight all charges through judicial system , '' Pichit said . Greeted by about 50 well-wishers , Pojamarn arrived at court accompanied by her three children . She faces charges stemming from a Bangkok land deal and a stock concealment plan that could put her in jail for up to eight years , according to the Thai News Agency . The court released her on 5 million baht ( about $ 168,000 ) bail and ordered her not to leave the country . On Monday , Thaksin 's attorney Noppadon Pattama said the former prime minister would return from exile in mid-April to answer to the same charges his wife faces . He was deposed by a military junta in Sept. 2006 and fled to London . He plans to return after Thailand 's new government is in place . In December 's parliamentary elections , supporters of Thaksin , the People Power Party , won nearly half the seats in the lower house and will lead the ruling coalition . PPP leader Samak Sundaravej said a new parliament controlled by his party would pass an amnesty law to allow Thaksin 's return and amend the constitution to let Thaksin get back into politics . Thaksin said he would not re-enter politics when he returned to Thailand . He said that he and his family had `` suffered enough '' but that he wanted to face the charges against him and prove his innocence . Thaksin is a 58-year-old telecommunications tycoon who owns the English Premier League Manchester City Football Club . Thaksin 's party won two landslide victories before he was deposed . E-mail to a friend .
Thaksin Shinawatra 's wife handed arrest warrant after she returns to Thailand . Pojamarn Shinawatra faces corruption charges that could imprison her for 20 years . The case involves Pojamarn 's 2003 purchase of some prime Bangkok real estate .