BANGKOK: Thailand's Supreme Court ordered jailed former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra (pic) on Monday (Nov 17) to pay back taxes over the sale of his telecoms firm, the judiciary said, with reports putting the sum due at around half a billion dollars.
In 2006, Thaksin was dogged by corruption allegations and mired in controversy over the tax-free sale of shares in his company, Shin Corp.
