Thaksin transferred to hospital after return

By Agence France-Presse

Aug 24, 2023 12:13 am

BANGKOK: Thailand's former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra was moved from prison to a police hospital on Wednesday, officials said, a day after he was jailed on his return from 15 years in exile.

The 74-year-old, twice the Southeast Asian country's head of government and ousted in a 2006 coup, is suffering from multiple health complaints, officials said, and was moved to the medical facility shortly after midnight.

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