Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra greets his supporters on Tuesday after returning from 15 years in exile – Copyright AFP Manan VATSYAYANA
Thailand’s former premier Thaksin Shinawatra was moved from prison to a police hospital on Wednesday, officials said, a day after he was jailed on his return from 15 years in exile.
The 74-year-old, twice Thai prime minister and ousted in a 2006 coup, is suffering from multiple health complaints, officials said, and was moved from prison quarantine to a police hospital shortly after midnight.
Thaksin’s homecoming on Tuesday came on the same day his Pheu Thai party returned to government in a power-sharing agreement with pro-military parties, prompting widespread speculation of a deal to cut his jail time.
Sitthi Sutivong, a corrections department spokesman, said in a statement that late on Wednesday night, prison medical officers…
