Thailand’s ex-PM Thaksin gets royal pardon, says his lawyer

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Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is included in a royal pardon for prisoners and his parole will end on Sunday (Aug 18), his lawyer Winyat Chartmontri told Reuters on Saturday (Aug 17).  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/4fn4fn4k  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is included in a royal pardon for

00:06prisoners, ending his parole this Sunday, according to his lawyer.

00:11As reported by the Thai-language newspaper Madashan, the royal pardon will immediately

00:16free Thaksin from his commuted sentence for corruption cases.

00:20His original eight-year sentence was commuted to one year almost a year ago, and he has

00:25been on parole since earlier in 2024, with his release initially scheduled for August

00:3031.

00:32The king granted amnesty to prisoners, detainees, and those on parole to provide them with a

00:38new opportunity to contribute to society, according to a statement published on the

00:43Royal Gazette website on August 17.

00:46Thaksin is among approximately 7,500 individuals on parole who were released, according to

00:52Madashan.

00:54On August 16, Thaksin's youngest daughter, Pehtongtharn Shinawatra, won a parliamentary

01:00vote to become Thailand's new prime minister.

01:03She was selected after the country's constitutional court dismissed Sreta Thavasin, a member of

01:08the same few-Thai party, in an ethics violation case.

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