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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
Thailand's 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. Thaksin's return is seen as a significant event in Thai politics.