Thaksin Shinawatra returned to Thailand last week in a dramatic homecoming after spending 15 years abroad in self-exile to avoid prison.
Thailand’s king has commuted former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s eight-year prison sentence to one year, a day after the billionaire submitted a request for pardon.
The partial pardon from King Maha Vajiralongkorn was confirmed by the official Royal Gazette with the announcement pointing to his service to the country as prime minister.
“Thaksin accepted his crime and showed remorse,” the gazette said on Friday.
He arrived on a private jet last week and was transferred to prison to serve an eight-year sentence. On his first night, he was moved to a police hospital because of chest pains and high blood pressure.
The former leader, 74, returned to Thailand in a dramatic homecoming after spending 15 years abroad in self-exile to avoid…
