Passports for sale: Yingluck’s Cambodian, Jho Low’s from St Kitts. Here’s where you could be from (if you have the cash)

Whether you’re running from the law or the taxman, or just seeking a smile at immigration, nationalities are yours for the taking if you’ve got US$100,000 or more.

The red passport emblazoned with the words “Kingdom of Cambodia” in gold might not be what anyone would expect Yingluck Shinawatra, former prime minister of Thailand, to present at an immigration checkpoint.

With visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to just 54 destinations worldwide, it is ranked among the least powerful passports in the world by the annual Henley Passport Index, at a lowly No. 84 out of 104.

In full: https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/geopolitics/article/2183704/passports-sale-yinglucks-cambodian-jho-lows-st-kitts-heres

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