On September 9, 2025, former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was ordered to serve a one-year prison term for graft and abuse of power convictions. After returning to Thailand in 2023 following years of self-exile, he initially avoided prison time by being transferred to a police hospital under questionable medical claims. His original eight-year sentence had been commuted to one year, and he was released on parole after six months in the hospital, fueling suspicions of special treatment.
Subsequent evidence confirmed that his medical condition did not require hospitalization outside the prison facility and that he intervened in treatment procedures to evade incarceration. The ruling reinstated his obligation to serve the remaining one-year term, marking a significant turn in his long-running legal battles.
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