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Royal pardon reduces Thaksin’s jail term to one year

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Thaksin Shinawatra and his three children greet supporters who came out to greet the former premier on his homecoming, at the Mjets terminal of Don Mueang Airport on Aug 22. (Photo: Pattarapong Chatpattarasill)

His Majesty the King has granted a royal pardon to Thaksin Shinawatra, reducing the former prime minister’s combined jail sentence from eight years to one, according to an announcement published in the Royal Gazette on Friday.

The pardon, dated Aug 31, was…

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