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House panel to visit Thaksin

Committee to verify ex-PM’s condition

The House committee on police affairs has promised to visit former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra — who is currently serving a prison sentence for graft in a premium ward at the Police General Hospital — sometime in the first two weeks of January, according to committee chairman Chaichana Detdacho yesterday.

Mr Chaichana made the pledge in response to growing doubts as to whether Thaksin is really seriously ill and still requires intensive care outside of the prison as claimed by the Department of Corrections (DC).

Thaksin has been staying at the hospital since Aug 22, one day after he was sentenced to eight years in jail –…

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