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Thailand’s top court orders former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra to spend one year in jail
- 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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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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Thai top court orders ex-PM Thaksin jailed for one year
Thailand's Supreme Court ordered on Tuesday the country's most powerful and polarising politician Thaksin Shinawatra to be jailed for one year, ruling that he improperly served a 2023 prison term in hospital.
Sentenced to eight years in prison for corruption, the country's most influential politician had spent only six months in hospital after his return from exile in 2023.
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