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Ex-Thai Prime Minister granted parole

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra walks with his son Panthongtae Shinawatra and daughters Paetongtarn Shinawatra and Pintongtha Kunakornwong at Don Mueang airport in Bangkok, Thailand August 22, 2023. [Reuters]

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been granted parole after serving six months of a one-year prison sentence.

News reports in Thailand say the 74-year-old Thaksin was on a list of 930 prisoners being granted early release because they were either ill or elderly.

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