Thailand’s ex-PM Thaksin gets royal pardon, says his lawyer


The royal pardon will immediately free Thaksin Shinawatra from his commuted sentence for corruption cases. - Photo: Reuters

BANGKOK: Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is included in a royal pardon for prisoners and his parole will end on Sunday (Aug 18), his lawyer Winyat Chartmontri told Reuters on Saturday (Aug 17).

According to a report by Thai-language newspaper Matichon, the royal pardon will immediately free Thaksin from his commuted sentence for corruption cases.

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