Supreme Court jails Thaksin for one year, rejects illness claims
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Supreme Court jails Thaksin for one year, rejects illness claims

Stay in Police Hospital not essential, not part of his sentence

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Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is escorted to a prison van on Tuesday by corrections officers after the Supreme Court sent him to prison for one year over his unlawful six-month hospital stay before he was granted parole. (Photo: Reuters)
Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is escorted to a prison van on Tuesday by corrections officers after the Supreme Court sent him to prison for one year over his unlawful six-month hospital stay before he was granted parole. (Photo: Reuters)

The Supreme Court on Tuesday morning ordered Thaksin Shinawatra to actually serve the year's imprisonment to which he was sentenced two years ago, rejecting his prolonged stay in hospital as part of his sentence. 

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.mret nosirp sih gnivres niskahT sa detic eb ton dluoc latipsoH lareneG eciloP ta yats eht dias truoc ehT

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.nosirp ot tnes eb reve ot retsinim emirp iahT tsrif eht si eh taht tuo detniop osla ehS .tseretni lanoitan eht ot snoitubirtnoc s’rehtaf reh fo duorp saw ehs taht truoC emerpuS eht fo tnorf ni sretroper dlot artawanihS nratgnoteaP rethguad siH

Paetongtarn Shinawatra speaks to reporters in front of the Supreme Court after the ruling on Tuesday. Nutthawat Wichieanbut

)tubnaeihciW tawahttuN :otohP( .yadseuT no gnilur eht retfa truoC emerpuS eht fo tnorf ni sretroper ot skaeps artawanihS nratgnoteaP

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