Thaksin, who returned to Thailand last week, ‘accepted his crime and showed remorse’, says royal gazette
King Maha Vajiralongkorn of Thailand has reduced former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s eight-year prison sentence to one year, according to the royal gazette.
Thaksin, Thailand’s most famous politician, made a dramatic homecoming last week after 15 years abroad where he lived in self-exile to avoid prison. He arrived on a private jet and greeted supporters before being moved to a prison to serve an eight-year sentence for abuse of power and conflicts of interest from his time in power.
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