Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn commuted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s jail term to one year within days of the former leader returning from 15 years of self-imposed exile.
Thaksin, 74, was sent to serve eight years in jail on his return to the country on Aug. 22. He moved a petition for a royal pardon earlier this week.
The former leader fled Thailand in 2008 to avoid corruption charges after he was ousted in a 2006 military coup. Upon his return to Thailand, the Supreme Court sent Thaksin prison for three of four graft convictions handed down in absentia. Thaksin’s homecoming was seen as part of a deal with the military establishment that has repeatedly ousted his family and political allies over the past two decades. Hours after his return, Srettha Thavisin, a nominee of the coalition headed by Pheu Thai Party, effectively helmed by Thaksin, was elected as Thailand’s new prime minister.
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