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Thaksin Shinawatra

Thai court orders ex-PM Thaksin to pay $706m tax bill over sale of his telecoms firm: Reports

(FILES) Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra arrives at the Supreme Court in Bangkok on September 9, 2025, ahead of a ruling on whether he properly served a prison term in 2023. Thailand's influential former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has applied for a royal pardon to reduce his one-year prison sentence, his lawyer told reporters on September 29, 2025. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP)
(FILES) Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra arrives at the Supreme Court in Bangkok on September 9, 2025, ahead of a ruling on whether he properly served a prison term in 2023. Thailand's influential former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has applied for a royal pardon to reduce his one-year prison sentence, his lawyer told reporters on September 29, 2025. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP)

Thailand’s Corrections Department may assign Thaksin to teach English to inmates

Former prime minster Thaksin Shinawatra was jailed earlier in September.
Former prime minster Thaksin Shinawatra was jailed earlier in September.

Thai court jails ‘Red Shirts’ leaders over 2010 unrest

Former Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra seeks royal pardon, lawyer says

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra arrives at the Supreme Court ahead of a verdict on the legality of his six-month hospital stay before he was granted a parole, in Bangkok, Thailand, September 9, 2025. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa
Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra arrives at the Supreme Court ahead of a verdict on the legality of his six-month hospital stay before he was granted a parole, in Bangkok, Thailand, September 9, 2025. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa

Jailed Thaksin has high blood pressure, sleep problems and hair loss: Paetongtarn

Thailand's sacked prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra (centre) leaving the prison where her father Thaksin is jailed on Sept 15, the first of such prison visits. His family made a second visit on Sept 18.
Thailand's sacked prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra (centre) leaving the prison where her father Thaksin is jailed on Sept 15, the first of such prison visits. His family made a second visit on Sept 18.

Thai prison authorities deny ex-PM Thaksin bought pizza for guards, inmates

Thailand's sacked prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra (C) walks out after visiting her father, former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, at Klong Prem Central Prison in Bangkok on September 15, 2025. Thailand's influential ex-prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is serving a one-year prison sentence after a court ruled that he had improperly served a previous jail term in hospital. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP)
Thailand's sacked prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra (C) walks out after visiting her father, former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, at Klong Prem Central Prison in Bangkok on September 15, 2025. Thailand's influential ex-prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is serving a one-year prison sentence after a court ruled that he had improperly served a previous jail term in hospital. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP)

Jailed ex-Thai PM Thaksin in good spirits after family visit, misses grandkids: Prison authorities

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's relatives are expected to visit him on Sept 17 or 19.
Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's relatives are expected to visit him on Sept 17 or 19.

Thai ex-PM Thaksin moved to prison hospital wing

Thaksin's lawyer Winyat Chatmontree said Thaksin had not sought any preferential treatment, including security arrangements.
Thaksin's lawyer Winyat Chatmontree said Thaksin had not sought any preferential treatment, including security arrangements.

In Thailand’s rural heartland, former Thaksin loyalists count cost of nation’s ‘lost decades’

TOPSHOT - Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra (C) is escorted into a police van outside the Supreme Court in Bangkok on September 9, 2025, after he was sentenced to a year in prison. Thailand's Supreme Court ordered on September 9, that former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra be taken to jail immediately to serve one year behind bars, after ruling his 2023 prison term was incorrectly served. (Photo by Panumas SANGUANWONG / THAI NEWS PIX / AFP)
TOPSHOT - Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra (C) is escorted into a police van outside the Supreme Court in Bangkok on September 9, 2025, after he was sentenced to a year in prison. Thailand's Supreme Court ordered on September 9, that former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra be taken to jail immediately to serve one year behind bars, after ruling his 2023 prison term was incorrectly served. (Photo by Panumas SANGUANWONG / THAI NEWS PIX / AFP)

Thaksin completes quarantine at Bangkok prison, looking forward to family visit on Sept 15

Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has completed his five-day disease quarantine.
Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has completed his five-day disease quarantine.

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2025 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.