Thai ex-PM Thaksin moved to prison hospital wing


Thaksin's lawyer Winyat Chatmontree said Thaksin had not sought any preferential treatment, including security arrangements. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

BANGKOK (AFP): Jailed former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra was on Monday moved to his prison's medical wing due to his age and chronic health issues, a corrections department official told AFP.

Thailand's Supreme Court last week ordered Thaksin, 76, to serve a one-year prison term after it ruled he improperly served a 2023 sentence in a hospital suite rather than a cell.

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