Thailand’s Supreme Court has ruled that former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra must serve one year in prison.
Thaksin, who is 76 years old was sentenced to eight years imprisonment in 2023 for fraud and abuse of power following his surprise return to Thailand after 15 years in exile.
His sentence was commuted to one year by the king, and he was later released early due to his age.
The court issued it’s ruling this Tuesday in a review of whether Thaksin’s stay in the private room of a police hospital from 2023 to early 2024 counted as time served towards an earlier prison sentence.