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Thaksin, 74, is a two-time premier who was ousted in a 2006 coup and then lived in self exile for 15 years. He returned to Thailand last year as his Pheu Thai party took power at the head of a coalition government

The complaint stems from an interview the influential tycoon gave to foreign media in 2015, and was lodged by the royalist military that ousted the government of his sister, Yingluck Shinawatra.

Thailand's attorney-general will indict former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra for allegedly insulting the monarchy, an official said on Wednesday, in a setback to a political heavyweight whose loyalists are currently in government.

Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been indicted for allegedly insulting the monarchy in a newspaper interview in 2015. Prosecutors said they have enough evidence to press charges against Mr Thaksin, but he did not show up to hear those charges. His lawyers claimed he fell ill with COVID-19. The prosecut

Thailands former PM Thaksin Shinawatra made his first public appearance after being freed from jail for graft and abuse of power. He visited a Bangkok temple and is due to fly to Chiang Mai. Thaksins return is seen as a significant event in Thai politics.

The controversial billionaire was jailed for eight years on abuse-of-power and graft charges upon his return in August.

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was released on February 18, six months after his return to the country following a period of exile.

Thailand's jailed former prime minister Thaksin Shinwatra was seen leaving the jail on Sunday (Feb 18) morning where he had been lodged for the last six months, according to various agency reports.  The billionaire leader, wearing a neck brace and sitting next to his daughter, could be seen leaving the police hospital in central Bangkok. Shortly after, he was spotted arriving at his home where a welcome-home banner was tied across the gate.  A handful of people had gathered in front of t...

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BANGKOK: Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been released on parole, after serving six months in detention at a hospital in Bangkok.