Thai Former Prime Minister Thaksin, Just Freed From Detention, May Still Face Royal Defamation Charge

Published on February 20, 2024

BANGKOK—Thai prosecutors said Monday that further investigation is needed to decide whether to bring former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to trial for defaming the monarchy, just a day after he was freed from a prison sentence on other charges he was serving in a hospital. Mr. Thaksin was released on parole Sunday from the hospital in Bangkok where he spent six months serving time for corruption-related offenses. He had been in self-imposed exile since 2008, but returned to Thailand in August last year to begin serving an eight-year sentence. On his return, he was moved almost immediately from prison to the hospital on grounds of ill health, and about a week after that King Maha Vajiralongkorn reduced his sentence to a single year. Mr. Thaksin was granted parole earlier this month because of his age—he is 74—and ill health, leaving him free for the remainder of his one-year sentence....

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