Thaksin, who returned to Thailand last week, ‘accepted his crime and showed remorse’, says royal gazette
for abuse of power and conflicts of interest from his time in power.
“Thaksin accepted his crime and showed remorse,” the royal gazette document said, adding that the former prime minister was ill.won a parliamentary vote to become prime ministerThaksin, a former telecoms tycoon, still wields influence in Thai politics with parties loyal to him winning every election in the past two decades until this year.
Recent events have fuelled speculation that Thaksin has struck a deal with his bitter rivals in the conservative establishment and royalist military, which ousted his parties in coups in
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