PUBLISHED : 30 Aug 2023 at 05:44
A lawyer for Thaksin Shinawatra is preparing all necessary documents to seek a royal pardon for the former prime minister.
Winyat Chartmontree, the lawyer, added that the date has yet to be scheduled. Normally, inmates who have served one-third of their sentence or been imprisoned for at least eight years can submit a request for a royal pardon.
Thaksin, 74, returned to Thailand after 15 years in self-exile and was sent to a…