BANGKOK — Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra visited a Bangkok temple on Thursday (March 14), an AFP reporter saw, in his first public appearance since being freed early from a jail sentence for graft and abuse of power.
BANGKOK — Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra visited a Bangkok temple on Thursday , an AFP reporter saw, in his first public appearance since being freed early from a jail sentence for graft and abuse of power.Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra visited a Bangkok temple on Thursday , an AFP reporter saw, in his first public appearance since being freed early from a jail sentence for graft and abuse of power.
Scores of media camped out in front of the shrine where Thaksin, wearing a blue shirt and a neck brace, prayed from around 5am . The 74-year-old veteran politician returned to the kingdom in August after 15 years of self-exile and was immediately jailed for eight years on charges dating back to his time in power.
The former Manchester City owner's return to Thailand last year came shortly after his Pheu Thai party seized the initiative to form a coalition government after losing the popular vote to the progressive Move Forward Party.
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