Thai ex-PM Thaksin visits home city after jail release

By Agence France-Presse

Mar 15, 2024 12:10 am

CHIANG MAI, Thailand: Thailand's former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra visited his home city in the Southeast Asian kingdom's north on Thursday as he made his first public appearances since being released early from a jail sentence for graft and abuse of power.

The controversial billionaire, twice elected premier and ousted in a 2006 coup, prayed at the Bangkok City Pillar Shrine before flying by private jet to Chiang Mai for a three-day trip.

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