Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who is expected to be arrested upon his return as he ends almost two decades of self-imposed exile, gestures while flanked by his son Panthongtae Shinawatra and daughter Paetongtarn Shinawatra at Don Mueang airport in Bangkok, Thailand August 22, 2023/REUTERSPix: Thailand’s jailed former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been suffering from fatigue and stress since last week, says his daughter Paetongtarn Shinawatra.
She added that Thaksin was admitted to the intensive care unit for nine days and hospitalized for a month in 2020. “He will remain at the Police General Hospital for the time being. There is no plan to move him to a private hospital because the medical team at the Police General Hospital is good,” she told reporters at the Pheu Thai party headquarters Tuesday, a day after visiting her father in hospital.
The 74-year-old Thaksin returned Thailand last Tuesday after a 15-year self-imposed exile. On the same day the Supreme Court sentenced the former prime minister to eight years in prison.