Thailand's ex-Prime Minister Thaksin jailed after years in self-exile
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Thai ex-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra entered prison to begin serving an 8-year sentence Tuesday, hours after returning to the country after years of self-imposed exile.
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Thailand's divisive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra is expected to return to the kingdom from exile on Tuesday, threatening fresh instability on the day parliament votes for a new prime minister after…
Thailand's billionaire former premier Thaksin Shinawatra spent the last 15 years in exile, but still casts a remarkable shadow over the kingdom's politics - Copyright AFP Angelos TzortzinisLisa Martin and Montira RungjirajittranonHe was ousted in a coup 17 years ago and spent the last 15 of them in …
Thai ex-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra entered prison to begin serving an 8-year sentence Tuesday, hours after returning to the country after years of self-imposed exile.
BANGKOK (AP) — A divisive former prime minister of Thailand made a dramatic return home Tuesday to face an eight-year prison term, just as a party linked to him won a vote in Parliament to lead the…
Thaksin Shinawatra, the ousted fugitive former prime minister of Thailand, returned to the country Tuesday for the first time after more than 15 years in self-exile, reintroducing a towering and divisive figure at a time when the kingdom’s often fraught political scene is in a fresh state of flux.
Thailand's divisive ex-leader Thaksin Shinawatra was jailed Tuesday as he returned to the kingdom after 15 years in exile, hours before parliament votes to install his party's candidate as the new prime…
Thaksin Shinawatra, an ethnic Chinese billionaire, has been a dominant figure in Thai politics for over two decades. Thailand has been sharply divided between those who love him and those who loathe him.
The move by Thaksin Shinawatra indicates he is hoping that a friendly government will be able to cut short his sentence, although he has said his decision to come back had nothing to do with the Pheu Thai party’s bid for power.
He was ousted in a coup 17 years ago and spent the last 15 of them in self-imposed exile, but Thailand's billionaire former premier Thaksin Shinawatra still casts a remarkable shadow over the kingdom's…
The former prime minister returned to face possible criminal penalties on the same day that a party affiliated with him plans to start forming a new government.
The former prime minister has returned after 15 years and was immediately jailed, while his party has aligned with the military establishment he opposed for years
Thailand's top court said he will serve eight years in prison for three convictions. He returned to the country after 15 years in exile — on the same day the parliament is set to vote for a new prime minister.
Thaksin Shinawatra, the billionaire and former prime minister of Thailand, finally returned to his home country on Tuesday, after more than a decade of living overseas in self-exile.
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