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 Thaksin Shinawatra must serve one year in jail, marking a significant downturn for the Shinawatra family in politics.
- The ruling follows the ousting of Thaksin's daughter, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, from office due to a Constitutional Court decision regarding ministerial ethics.
- Thaksin previously received a reduced prison sentence from eight years to one year before being released in February 2024.
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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.
The billionaire had been sentenced to an eight-year sentence for abuse of power in 2023, but had not served it. Now the Supreme Court declared that his early release had been illegal.
Thaksin Shinawatra’s hospital stay case: Thai court rules ex-PM must spend one year in jail
Judges have ordered a warrant for his transfer to the Bangkok Remand Prison, dealing a major blow to Thailand's biggest political heavyweight. This is the latest of woes in Shinawatra's political clan after Paetongtarn Shinawatra was ousted last month
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