Emotional moment: Paetongtarn (centre) leaving the Supreme Court following the ruling on her father in Bangkok. — Bloomberg
A smiling Thaksin Shinawatra arrived at Thailand’s Supreme Court in his black and silver Mercedes Maybach luxury sedan, dressed in a dark suit and a yellow tie.
But the former Thai prime minister left the court complex bereft of the trappings of power, escorted into a plain silver van by Corrections Department officials, the collar of his white shirt unbuttoned and cuffs folded up.
