""Sending him to hospital was not legal, the defendant knows his sickness was not an urgent matter, and staying in hospital cannot count as a prison term," said the ruling read out by a judge. Inits ruling, the court has issued a warrant to take Thaksin to Bangkok Remand Prison to begin serving a one-year prison term The court was probing whether officials had mishandled his return to Thailand in 2023 to begin serving the sentences."
"The 76-year-old tycoon's eight-year jail term was commuted to one year by the King Maha Vajiralongkorn, and Thaksin was released on parole just after six months. He spent the majority of the prison term in hospital detention, which triggered public outrage and allegations of special treatment. The court said that the billionaire intentionally prolonged his stay at the hospital. Ahead of the ruling, some of Thaksin's supporters gathered outside the Supreme Court amid tight security."
The Supreme Court ruled that Thaksin Shinawatra did not serve his 2023 jail term properly and ordered him to serve one year in prison. The court found that sending him to hospital was not legal and that hospital detention cannot count as a prison term. A warrant was issued to take Thaksin to Bangkok Remand Prison to begin the one-year term. The court probed whether officials mishandled his return to Thailand after 15 years in exile and accusations of abuse of power. The King commuted the original eight-year sentence to one year and Thaksin was released on parole after six months. The majority of the term spent in hospital prompted public outrage and allegations of special treatment.
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