Jailed Thai ex-PM Thaksin qualifies for ‘special’ parole next month due to age, health
- Thaksin, whose eight-year jail sentence was commuted to a year following a royal pardon, qualifies for release on parole next month due to his age and health
- The corrections department last week extended his stay in a police hospital, citing the need to monitor his health
Thailand’s jailed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra qualifies for release on parole next month due to his age and health, a corrections department official said on Wednesday.
His sentence was commuted to a year following a royal pardon.
The corrections department last week extended his stay in a police hospital, citing the need to monitor his health.
“Based on the criteria, Thaksin qualifies for a special parole,” corrections department deputy director general Sitthi Sutivong told reporters in answer to a question on whether Thaksin could be released in February.
Sitthi said his department had yet to receive an official request from the Bangkok Remand Prison for his parole.
Thaksin was ousted from power in a 2006 military coup and has been at the heart of 17 years of on-off turmoil in Thailand, influencing politics from exile.
