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Thai court says ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra must serve year in prison

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is escorted by prison officers after Thailand's Supreme Court ruled he must return to jail for one year [Panumas Sanguanwong/Reuters]

Thailand’s Supreme Court has ruled that former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra must serve one year in prison, in a watershed case for the kingdom.

The court issued its ruling on Tuesday in a review of whether Thaksin’s stay in the private room of a police hospital from 2023 to early 2024 counted as time served towards an earlier prison sentence.

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