00:00In other news, Thailand's Supreme Court rules that former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawat
00:05must serve a one-year prison term. The court finds his extended stay in a VIP hospital wing
00:12unlawful, concluding that he deliberately prolonged his hospitalization.
00:18The court ruled that Thaksin did not suffer from a serious illness that required hospitalization.
00:24Judges also concluded that his medical condition could have been treated while he was serving
00:28his sentence in prison. The 76-year-old said on Facebook that he accepted the verdict,
00:34vowing to remain resilient. Just 11 days ago, his daughter, Petong Tan Shinawat, was dismissed
00:39as Prime Minister, becoming the sixth Shinawat-linked leader removed by either the courts or the
00:45military. Thaksin returned from 15 years in exile in 2023. He spent only a few hours in prison before
00:53being transferred to a hospital with reported chest pains, a move many questioned.
00:58His original eight-year sentence for abuse of power was reduced to one year by royal pardon.
01:04He then received parole after six months, all of it spent in hospital.
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