STORY: :: September 9, 2025
:: Bangkok, Thailand
:: Thailand’s high court docket guidelines ex-prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra should serve a yr in jail
:: It dominated Thaksin’s detention in a hospital VIP wing was illegal, and did not depend as time served
:: Paetongtarn Shinawatra, Thaksin’s youngest daughter
“Right now is one other historic day the place he’s the primary (ex) prime minister to go to jail. This… it weighs heavy. Nonetheless, we stay in good spirits—each my father and our household.”
“Me and my household are apprehensive about my father. We’re proud that my dad has created a lot historical past for the nation, together with helpful insurance policies that benefited the folks.”
The judges stated Thaksin didn’t have a extreme sickness and his hospitalization couldn’t be counted as time served, including that the duty didn’t solely lie with the docs and that the polarizing billionaire deliberately extended his hospital keep.
On return from 15 years of self-imposed exile in 2023, Thaksin spent just a few hours in jail earlier than being transferred to a hospital, complaining of coronary heart bother and chest pains, prompting widespread skepticism and public outrage.
His eight-year sentence for conflicts of curiosity and abuse of energy was commuted to 1 yr by the king and Thaksin was launched on parole after simply six months, the whole lot of which he had spent within the VIP wing of a hospital.
