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Thailand’s Ex-PM Thaksin to Be Released From Prison
The former Thai prime minister is being paroled after eight months and must wear an electronic monitoring device for four months, officials said.
- On May 11, 76-year-old former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra is set to walk out of a Bangkok prison following parole approval, returning to a transformed political landscape after serving eight months.
- The Corrections Department approved the parole after Thaksin served eight months of a 12-month corruption sentence, which was previously commuted from eight years by royal pardon.
- Improvement in his "attitude and behavior" justified the early release, though he must wear an electronic monitoring device for four months following past disputes regarding hospital-based imprisonment.
- His daughter, former prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, told reporters on Thursday they had "not discussed anything about politics," focusing only on family matters during their prison meeting.
- Loyal Red Shirt supporters have pledged to await his release, though Thaksin returns to a landscape reshaped by the Bhumjaithai Party's recent electoral victory in February.
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Thailand's Thaksin released from prison after serving 8 months for abuse of power
BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand ’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, whose 21st-century political odyssey sharply divided Thai society for decades, was released from a Bangkok prison on Monday after serving eight months of a one-year sentence for a corruption-related charge.
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Thaksin Shinawatra fled into exile after a military coup in Thailand in 2006. He has now been released on parole.
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