Supporters of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra arrange a giant portrait placard as they wait outside Klong Prem Central Prison in Bangkok on August 22, 2023. / AFP
Since convicted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra returned to his motherland by a private jet on August 22nd of last year, the Thai public has only had brief glimpses of him. From that point onward, his wellbeing has become shrouded in mystery, not because he has been sent to serve a prison term, but because he vanished within the confines of the Police General Hospital since the day of his return. This has sparked a public outcry.
“The regulation was not designed specifically to benefit Thaksin, but all qualified convicts. Prison is not a place in which to kill or torture convicts and any inmate who is ill is entitled to be treated in a hospital outside the prison”, claimed Justice Minister…
