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Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra received royal pardon and will be released early! He served less than a year in prison, and his daughter was elected prime minister the day before.

2024-08-17

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According to CCTV News, CCTV reporterIt was learned on August 17th local time that according to the Thai royal pardon order issued on the same day,Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been pardoned and will be released earlyThaksin was originally scheduled to finish his sentence on August 31.

According to the Royal Pardon,About 50,000 prisoners will be released from prisons across Thailand

Xinhua News Agency reported that in August 2023, Thaksin ended his years of exile and returned to Thailand, where he was immediately arrested by the police. According to the ruling of the Supreme Court of Thailand, Thaksin was found guilty of the three charges and sentenced to eight years in prison.

In September 2023, the King of Thailand reduced Thaksin's sentence to one year. In February 2024, Thaksin was released on parole.

According to this calculation,Thaksin was released early this time and actually served less than a year in prison.

It is worth noting that just the day before, Thaksin's daughter was elected as the new Prime Minister of Thailand.

On June 5, 2024, local time, in Bangkok, Thailand, former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra walked out of a beauty salon. Image source: Visual China