Thaksin Shinawatra – Asia Times

Finally, Thailand’s Thaksin goes to prison

by Shawn W. Crispin September 9, 2025September 12, 2025

BANGKOK – Thaksin Shinawatra, the criminally convicted, coup-toppled and ever-polarizing former prime minister, is finally headed to prison after 15 years in self-imposed exile and a commuted sentence that court judges ruled today was dodged on falsified emergency health grounds. The Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions ruled today that Thaksin’s six-month […]

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