Swiss national Xavier Andre Justo is escorted by Thai officials as he leaves a courthouse in Bangkok on August 17, 2015. The Swiss man was jailed for three years in Thailand on August 17 for attempting to blackmail Saudi oil company PetroSaudi International. AFP PHOTO
BANGKOK: Former Petrosaudi International employee Andre Xavier Justo will be among thousands of Thai and foreign prisoners granted a royal pardon by Thailand's new king, King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradevarangkun.
His lawyer Worasit Piriyawiboon who disclosed Justo's impending release from prison, said his client met the conditions for a royal pardon as he had less than one year of a prison term left.
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