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Jet Linked to Thaksin Shinawatra Lands in Bangkok Ahead of Court Ruling

Judges will decide if his hospital detention counted toward his sentence.

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Thai ex-prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is due to attend court on Tuesday for the Supreme Court's ruling on whether he had properly served a prison sentence
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Former PM Thaksin returns to Thailand ahead of court ruling that could lead to imprisonment

Overview

  • A private jet previously used by Thaksin was tracked landing in Bangkok, though authorities have not confirmed he was on board.
  • Thaksin arrived in Singapore on Sept. 8 for a health check-up and said he would return to personally attend the Supreme Court session on Sept. 9.
  • His flight plan shifted on Sept. 5 when departure delays in Thailand prevented a timely landing at Singapore’s Seletar Airport, prompting a diversion to Dubai, according to his statements and Flightradar24.
  • Thaksin’s sentence was reduced from eight years to one year by royal commutation, and he spent six months in a police hospital’s VIP ward before being paroled.
  • Anutin Charnvirakul was confirmed as prime minister last week after Paetongtarn Shinawatra’s court-ordered removal, framing the latest legal turn in a volatile political landscape.