Fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra will be treated as an elderly prisoner if he returns to Thailand to face his jail term, according to the Department of Corrections.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha doubts the ex-premier will return after Thaksin’s daughter, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, announced her father is due to arrive at Don Mueang airport on Aug 10.
“I can’t quite believe what I am typing, my father is returning on Aug 10 at Don Mueang airport,” she wrote on Wednesday, which was Thaksin’s 74th birthday.
It is the first time that Thaksin — who has spent 17 years saying he will come home — has set a…
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