BANGKOK, Thailand — Thailand's controversial former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been granted a royal pardon, his lawyer said Saturday, a day after his daughter became the kingdom's new premier.
BANGKOK, Thai land — Thai land's controversial former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been granted a royal pardon, his lawyer said Saturday, a day after his daughter became the kingdom's new premier.The 75-year-old billionaire is one of thousands granted amnesty by King Maha Vajiralongkorn in a gesture of clemency to mark his birthday.
'Thaksin Shinawatra is among those granted the royal pardon,' he said on his personal Facebook account.'He will later receive a document from the prison saying he is a free man.'The Royal Gazette published on Saturday said that 'the king had given opportunities for those to improve themselves and benefit their country.'The pardon for prisoners with good conduct came almost a month after King Vajiralongkorn celebrated his 72th birthday in late July.
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