Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra arrives at the Supreme Court ahead of a verdict on the legality of his six-month hospital stay before he was granted a parole, in Bangkok, Thailand, September 9, 2025. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa
BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thailand's influential former Prime Minster Thaksin Shinawatra has submitted a petition for a royal pardon for his one year jail sentence, his lawyer said on Monday.
The former premier was jailed earlier this month after the country's Supreme Court ruled that he did not serve his initial prison sentence after spending six months in a VIP wing of a hospital following his return from 15 years of self-exile in August 2023.
