Influential ex-Thai PM Thaksin to receive verdict on royal insult case in late August

FILE PHOTO: Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra looks on ahead of a panel discussion with Thai broadcaster Nation TV, amid a border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia which lead to Thailand's Constitutional Court suspending his daughter Paetongtarn Shinawatra from the duty as Thailand’s Prime Minister, pending a case seeking her dismissal, in Bangkok, Thailand, July 9, 2025. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa/File photo

BANGKOK (Reuters) -A Thai court will deliver a verdict on former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in a royal insult case on August 22, his lawyer said on Wednesday.

"We are confident that we will receive justice," Winyat Chartmontree told reporters.