11/05/2026 05:05 (UTC)
Ex-Thai leader Thaksin released on parole after 8 months in prison
Bangkok, May 11 (EFE/EPA).- Influential former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was released on parole Monday as scheduled, after serving eight months of a one-year prison sentence.Public broadcaster Thai PBS aired footage of the 76-year-old tycoon—who led the country from 2001 to 2006 and is widely seen as the power behind the ruling Pheu Thai party—leaving a Bangkok prison wearing a white shirt and smiling. (Camera: RUNGROJ YONGRIT).SHOT LIST: SUPPORTERS, MEMBERS OF THE PRESS, AND FAMILY MEMBERS OF FORMER THAI PRIME MINISTER THAKSIN SHINAWATRA WAIT OUTSIDE KLONG PREM CENTRAL PRISON FOR HIS RELEASE IN BANGKOK, THAILAND.
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