Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra indicted for royal defamation
There has been a delay in arresting the 74-year-old after he contracted Covid-19.
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There has been a delay in arresting the 74-year-old after he contracted Covid-19.
The Attorney-General will indict former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra on lese majeste and computer crime charges arising from an interview he gave in South Korea in 2015.
Thai prosecutors on Wednesday said former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will be indicted for defaming the monarchy, three months after he was freed on parole on other charges.
The case relates to an interview the politician gave to South Korean media while in self-imposed exile in 2015.
The pact between Thaksin’s camp and the royalist establishment, which allowed the former leader to return from self-exile last year, may be starting to fray.