US EditionThailand’s top court orders former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra to spend one year in jail
Thailand's Supreme Court ruled Thaksin's six-month hospital detention did not count as prison time, ordering him to serve a one-year jail term for corruption and abuse of power convictions.
- Thailand's Supreme Court ruled that former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra must serve one year in prison for not adequately serving his previous eight-year sentence for fraud and abuse of power charges.
- Thaksin was granted early release due to age and health issues, but spent no time in prison, as he remained in a hospital for chest pains, which the court later deemed unlawful.
- Following the ruling, Thaksin is expected to be transferred to Bangkok Remand Prison, amid public dissatisfaction over his prior hospital stay.
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Former Thai PM starts 1-year prison term for previous convictions
BANGKOK — Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was taken to Bangkok’s Klong Prem Central Prison on Tuesday after the Supreme Court said he must serve a one-year prison term for previous convictions related to graft and abuse of power…
Thailand Supreme Court orders former PM to serve one-year prison term
Thailand’s Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra must serve a one-year prison term for prior convictions on corruption and abuse of power charges. The decision follows a judicial inquiry into whether corrections officials mishandled his return to the country in 2023. Thaksin was convicted in absentia in three corruption cases between 2008 and 2013, including abuse of power in a lottery scheme and conflict of i…
Due to an alleged illness, Thailand's ex-government chief only had to serve a fraction of a sentence, and the Supreme Court is now sending him back to prison.
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