Thaksin will not attend Supreme Court hearing on Friday
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Thaksin will not attend Supreme Court hearing on Friday

He has not been summonsed to attend, says lawyer

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Former premier Thaksin Shinawatra leaves the Criminal Court in Bangkok on August 19 last year after a scheduled hearing of lese majeste charges brought against him. His lawyer Winyat Chatmontree is on the left. (Photo: Apichart Jinakul)
Former premier Thaksin Shinawatra leaves the Criminal Court in Bangkok on August 19 last year after a scheduled hearing of lese majeste charges brought against him. His lawyer Winyat Chatmontree is on the left. (Photo: Apichart Jinakul)

Thaksin Shinawatra will not go to the Supreme Court this Friday when it considers whether the former prime minister served his jail term during his prolonged stay at Police General Hospital.

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.nosirp ni mret sih gnivres ot detauqe delorap saw eh litnu ereht yats dna latipsoH lareneG eciloP ot noissimda s'niskahT rehtehw degnellahc eH .karanesarassI iahcnrahC PM tarcomeD remrof morf noititep a dessimsid truoc eht nehw decnuonna saw noisiced ehT

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 saw eh litnu latipsoh eht ni deyats eHdelorap .tnemtaert degelivirp deviecer dah eh rehtehw revo snoitseuq dima 4202 ni ylrae 

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A photo that circulated widely on social media purports to show former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra being taken from his room at the Police General Hospital in Bangkok to get a CT and MRI scan in October 2023.

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