According to a number of Thai media sources, on March 30, former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra took a special car to Fuzhi County, Chachoengsao Province, to attend the funeral of former Thai Deputy Prime Minister Chatulong's father. After the ceremony, when asked by a reporter from the media at the scene if he had a trip to Chiang Mai during Songkran Festival, Thaksin replied briefly that he would "make merits" and then left in a special car.
At the same time, at 16:05 in the afternoon of the same day, Thaksin's daughter and Pheu Thai Party leader Pei Tongtan appeared at the event at Central Korat and talked about Thaksin's Songkran itinerary in an interview. She said Thaksin does have plans to travel to Chiang Mai during Songkran, but no specific date has been set, but she will not be traveling this time.