Ex-PM Thaksin’s release on parole unpopular with 40% of Thais: Poll

Cambodia's former Prime Minister Hun Sen poses for a picture during his meeting with Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, in a location given as Bangkok, Thailand on February 21, 2024. The ex-leader has not spent a single day behind bars since returning to his country in August 2023. - Photo from Reuters

BANGKOK (The Nation Thailand/ANN): Around 40 per cent of Thais strongly disagreed with the move of the Department of Corrections to release former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra on parole, according to results of a recent poll released on Feb 25.

Mr Thaksin is at his Chan Song La residence in Bangkok, having met the department’s criteria of serving one-third of the jail term, along with being ill and his age.