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6d ago

Thailand’s Supreme Court Orders Thaksin to Serve One-Year Prison Term

The court ruled his months in a private hospital did not count as time served.

Der ehemalige thailändische Ministerpräsident Thaksin Shinawatra trifft vor dem Obersten Gerichtshof ein. Vor dem Gericht wurde verhandelt, ob der frühere Regierungschef eine einjährige Haftstrafe verbüßen muss.
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Das Oberste Gericht in Thailand hat eine einjährige Haftstrafe für den früheren Regierungschef Thaksin Shinawatra angeordnet. Der 76-Jährige habe eine Haftstrafe im Jahr 2023 unrechtmäßig in einem Krankenhaus verbüßt, erklärte das Gericht.

Overview

  • The judges found Thaksin deliberately prolonged a VIP hospital stay despite not being seriously ill.
  • A Reuters reporter saw the 76-year-old taken to a Bangkok prison shortly after the decision.
  • Thaksin posted that he accepts the ruling.
  • He had returned to Thailand from Dubai one day before the verdict.
  • In 2023 he was sentenced to eight years for abuse of power, later commuted to one year by the king, and he was paroled after six months spent mostly in a hospital ward that drew public anger.