A royal pardon application for Thaksin Shinawatra, former Prime Minister of Thailand, has been received, as confirmed by the outgoing Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam.
Acting as the justice minister, Wissanu announced a press event at the Government House, though he refrained from disclosing whether the appeal was penned by Thaksin or his relatives. He clarified that the request was made for an individual pardon, not as part of the standard group pardons and sentence reductions usually accorded on specific special occasions.
The deputy prime minister decided against revealing if the application encompasses all three cases that necessitated a total of eight years imprisonment for Thaksin.
“We have received (the request), the rest will be according to the procedure.”
Under existing legislation, prisoners can submit a request for…
