Sondhi walks free after serving three years

Out of jail: Sondhi has been released from prison after qualifying for a royal pardon. — The Nation/ANN

Bangkok: Sondhi Limthongkul, the former leader of the yellow shirt nationalist movement, has been released from prison after qualifying for a royal pardon.

Rights and Liberties Protection Department director-general Naras Savestanan said on Wednesday the 72-year-old co-founder of the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) had served three years and one month of the 20-year sentence he was given for falsifying loan documents through Krungthai Bank.