Thailand ex-PM Thaksin gets royal pardon, lawyer says

Thai king pardons Thaksin in birthday amnesty

“Thaksin is among the prisoners that received the royal pardon” for prisoners in honour of the king’s birthday last month, says Thaksin's lawyer.

Thailand’s ex-PM Thaksin gets royal pardon, says his lawyer

BANGKOK: Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is included in a royal pardon for prisoners and his parole will end on Sunday (Aug 18), his lawyer Winyat Chartmontri told Reuters on Saturday (Aug 17).

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is pardoned by the king. This is what his lawyer reports to the Reuters news agency. He was already paroled in February and should comply with those conditions for another two weeks. That period now ends tomorrow. Thaksin was ousted by the military while premiering and convicted of corruption in 2010. After that ruling, he fled to Dubai, where he stayed for years. After returning to Thailand, he was …

Thai king pardons ex-PM Thaksin in birthday amnesty

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Thailand's billionaire ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra granted royal pardon

Thailand's billionaire former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra received a royal pardon shortening his parole by two weeks, his lawyer said on Saturday, a day after his daughter was elected premier by parliament. Thaksin has been at the heart of a two-decade power struggle between the Shinawatra family and its allies on the one hand, and, on the other, a nexus of royalists, generals and old-money families that have long wielded influence over Th

This amnesty reduces the prison sentence of the former prime minister, who returned from exile in August 2023 and is still on conditional release, from eight to one year, the day after the appointment of his daughter as head of government.