Thai ex-PM Thaksin makes first public appearance since release

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Mr Thaksin, wearing a blue shirt and a neck brace, prayed from around 5am at Bangkok City Pillar shrine.

BANGKOK - Thailand’s former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra visited a Bangkok temple on March 14, an AFP reporter saw, in his first public appearance since being freed early from a jail sentence for graft and abuse of power.

Later on March 14, he is due to fly to Chiang Mai – his home city and traditional political power base – to pray at the graves of his deceased relatives.The former Manchester City owner’s return to Thailand in 2023 came shortly after his Pheu Thai party seized the initiative to form a coalition government after losing the popular vote to the progressive Move Forward Party.

“He is on parole. If he gets something beyond regular regulations, the probation and corrections departments will have to explain themselves,” Mr Ramet said.

 

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