Thaksin ‘not in’ private hospital

The Justice Ministry has denied media reports that former premier Thaksin Shinawatra has been transferred from the Police General Hospital to a privately run facility.

Sahakan Phetnarin, the ministry’s deputy permanent secretary, on Thursday insisted that Thaksin was not transferred to a privately run hospital as reported, but the ministry cannot provide a picture of the former prime minister as an inmate or a patient as proof due to his…