Thailand’s ex-PM Thaksin seen leaving hospital on day of parole

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He had been in detention for the past six months since returning from exile.

Mr Thaksin Shinawatra with his daughter Paetongtarn Shinawatra, as they leave a police hospital in Bangkok on Feb 18.

Thailand’s best-known and most polarising premier, Thaksin has loomed large over politics for two decades, despite 15 years in self-imposed exile to avoid a jail sentence for abuse of power and conflicts of interest. Thaksin made a dramatic return from exile in August to cheering crowds and was taken to prison to serve an eight-year sentence.

 

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