Thailand ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra gets parole

Bangkok, February 18 Thailand’s billionaire ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra was released on parole on Sunday after six months in detention, his first day of freedom in his homeland 15 years after fleeing in the wake of his overthrow in a military...

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Updated At : 02:10 PM Feb 19, 2024 IST

Bangkok, February 18

Thailand’s billionaire ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra was released on parole on Sunday after six months in detention, his first day of freedom in his homeland 15 years after fleeing in the wake of his overthrow in a military coup.

The 74-year-old tycoon, whose family’s party is back in power, was granted parole despite having not spent a single night in prison for a sentence that had in August been commuted from eight years to one year by the country’s king. — Reuters

Thailand ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra gets parole

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