Thailand's billionaire former premier Thaksin Shinawatra has submitted a request for a royal pardon, local media reported on Thursday, citing the outgoing justice minister.
, arriving on a private jet and greeting supporters before being moved to a prison. On his first in jail, he was transferred to a police hospital, with authorities citing chest pains and high blood pressure.
The pardon request was submitted Thaksin's family, Justice Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam was quoted as saying in local media reports. A request for royal pardon must be submitted through the corrections department to the justice minister. It is then considered by the prime minister, who must then submit it to King Maha Vajiralongkorn.
Thaksin's return last week coincided with political ally and fellow tycoon Srettha Thavisin winning a parliamentary vote to become prime minister that same day, with pro-military parties backing his Pheu Thai Party, founded by the Shinawatra family. The events added to speculation that Thaksin has struck a deal with his bitter rivals in the conservative establishment and royalist military, which ousted him in a 2006 coup, accusing him of corruption and disloyalty to the powerful monarchy.Reporting by Chayut Setboonsarng, Panarat Thepgumpanat and Panu Wongcha-um; Editing by Martin Petty
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