00:00Thailand's former prime minister must serve a year in prison.
00:04After the court ruled he unlawfully avoided jail by prolonging a hospital stay.
00:10The 76-year-old Thaksin Sinawat was convicted in 2023 of abuse of power and given an eight-year
00:17sentence, later reduced to one year.
00:19He spent just hours in prison before being moved to a hospital and then freed on parole
00:24after six months — a move that sparked public outrage.
00:28In their ruling on Tuesday, judges said Thaksin had no severe illnesses and could have been
00:33treated in prison.
00:35It comes less than two weeks after his daughter Pei Tatong was ousted as prime minister, marking
00:41a serious setback for a family that once dominated Thai politics.
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