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Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra relaxes by the swimming pool at his Chan Song La residence in Bang Phlat district after being released from Police General Hospital. Ingshin21 Instagram Account
Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra relaxes by the swimming pool at his Chan Song La residence in Bang Phlat district after being released from Police General Hospital. Ingshin21 Instagram Account

One big question still lingering in the mind of many people in this country for more than a year now is: "Was former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra really suffering from a life-threatening sickness that justified his being treated on the 14th floor of the Police General Hospital for six months without spending one day behind bars to serve his one-year prison term?"

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.secnetnes evitinup tuo etem ot truoc a evah ot sseltniop eb lliw ti ,CoD eht fo ytilibisnopser eht si petsrood taht retfa sneppah hcihw gnihtyreve dna ,nosirp a fo petsrood eht ta pots truoc eht yb desopmi secnetnes nosirp eht fI

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.shtnom xis elohw eht rof HGP eht ta tnemtaert sih yfitsuj ot hguone kcis yllautca saw retsinim emirp remrof eht rehtehw tuoba tbuod yna pu raelc ot mia tsuj ton dluohs agas "roolF ht41 s'niskahT" otni yriuqni s'truoc ehT

.CoD yb ylthgil oot deldnah era secnetnes s'truoc eht wohs ot elpmaxe na tes dluohs tI

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.revo eb dluohs ysrevortnoc eht dna nam eerf a niamer dluoc eh ,kcis yrev yllautca saw eh taht nevorp si ti fi ,tsartnoc yB

.htlaeh lacisyhp sih fo sretbuod eht lla dna niskahT rof hguone riaf eb dluohs tahT

.tsoP kokgnaB ,rotide remrof si lukiahcpeetarP areeV

Veera Prateepchaikul

Former Bangkok Post Editor

Veera Prateepchaikul is former editor, Bangkok Post.

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