Revealed: Thaksin’s hospital haven
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Revealed: Thaksin’s hospital haven

Longtime critic posts photographs of suite similar to the one where ex-PM stayed

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A spacious living room in a ward on the 14th floor of Police General Hospital, Bangkok. (Photo: Warong Dechgitvigrom Facebook account)
A spacious living room in a ward on the 14th floor of Police General Hospital, Bangkok. (Photo: Warong Dechgitvigrom Facebook account)

Mention “the 14th floor” to almost anyone in Thailand and they will know instantly what you mean — it’s where former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra spent six months while serving out his prison sentence at the Police General Hospital in Bangkok

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A bedroom of the most luxurious room for patients on the 14th floor. (Photo: Warong Dechgitvigrom Facebook account)

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