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Ex-Thai PM Thaksin at Supreme Court

Supporters of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra gather in front of the Supreme Court in Bangkok on Sept. 9, 2025. Thaksin was returned to prison to serve a one-year sentence after the court ruled that he had faked illness to avoid incarceration when he returned from years of self-imposed exile in August 2023.

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Ex-Thai PM Thaksin at Supreme Court

Supporters of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra gather in front of the Supreme Court in Bangkok on Sept. 9, 2025. Thaksin was returned to prison to serve a one-year sentence after the court ruled that he had faked illness to avoid incarceration when he returned from years of self-imposed exile in August 2023.

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Ex-Thai PM Thaksin at Supreme Court

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra (C) and his daughter and former Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra (front, 2nd from L) arrive at the Supreme Court in Bangkok on Sept. 9, 2025. Thaksin was returned to prison to serve a one-year sentence after the court ruled that he had faked illness to avoid incarceration when he returned from years of self-imposed exile in August 2023.

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Ex-Thai PM Thaksin released on parole

Convicted former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra (R) leaves the Police General Hospital in Bangkok on Feb. 18, 2024, as he was released on parole.

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Ex-Thai PM Thaksin

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra gives an interview at a Tokyo hotel on March 24, 2023.

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Ex-Thai Premier Abhisit

BANGKOK, Thailand - Former Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva is pictured during an interview with Kyodo News in Bangkok on Feb. 27, 2014.

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Ex-Thai PM Thaksin in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra speaks at a seminar in Tokyo on Jan. 31, 2013.

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Ex-Thai Premier Thaksin in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Fugitive former Thai leader Thaksin Shinawatra gives a speech during a welcome party for him at a Tokyo hotel on June 15, 2012. An organization for promoting economic partnership between Thailand and Japan was launched by Japanese businesses and politicians the same day in a bid to further strengthen economic relations between the two countries.

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Ex-Thai premier Thaksin in Cambodia

SIEM REAP, Cambodia - Fugitive former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra gives a speech in Siem Reap, Cambodia on April 14, 2012.

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Ex-Thai premier Thaksin visits Cambodia

SIEM REAP, Cambodia - Fugitive former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra (C) is surrounded by supporters at a hotel in Siem Reap, Cambodia on April 14, 2012.

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Ex-Thai premier Thaksin visits Cambodia

SIEM REAP, Cambodia - Fugitive former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra (C) arrives at Siem Reap airport in Cambodia on April 14, 2012.

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Ex-Thai premier in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Former Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on March 2, 2012.

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Ex-Thai PM Thaksin

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken Aug. 23, 2011, in Tokyo shows former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. The Thai foreign ministry reissued an ordinary passport to the ousted former prime minister on Oct. 26, 2011, after it concluded Thaksin's movements overseas do not harm the country, a Thai foreign ministry spokesman confirmed Dec. 16.

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Fugitive ex-Thai premier holds talks with Cambodia's Hun Sen

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen (R) shakes hands with fugitive former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra at the Cambodian prime minister's office in Phnom Penh on Sept. 17, 2011. It was their first face-to-face talks since Thaksin's ouster from power in 2006.

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Ex-Thai PM Thaksin

TOKYO, Japan - Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra speaks during a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Aug. 23, 2011. He mentioned the possibility for Japan and Thailand to further strengthen economic partnership under an existing bilateral free trade agreement, which came into force after he was ousted in a 2006 military coup in Thailand.

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Ex-Thai PM Thaksin

TOKYO, Japan - Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra delivers a speech in Tokyo on Aug. 23, 2011. He called for the development of a shared growth strategy between the Japanese and Thai governments.

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Ex-Thai Prime Minister Thaksin in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Sinawatra. Thaksin arrived in Japan on Aug. 22, 2011, for a seven-day stay.

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Ex-Thai Premier Yingluck indicted over rice-pledging scheme

Photo taken Jan. 9, 2015, shows former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. Yingluck was indicted on Feb. 19, 2015 over a controversial rice-pledging scheme introduced by her government. Yingluck could be jailed for up to 10 years if she is found guilty. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Red-shirts still support Yingluck, despite her no-show at the court

Despite the expected absence of ex-Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra at the Supreme Court in Bangkok's Laksi district on Sept. 27, 2017 to hear the final ruling in her rice-pledging trial, a small red-shirt turnout still travels from different provinces to show their support at the court. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Thai PM Yingluck attends final court hearing over rice scheme

Red-shirt co-leader Nattawut Saikuar greets a large group of former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's supporters at the Supreme Court in Bangkok on July 21, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Thai PM Yingluck attends final court hearing over rice scheme

Supporters of former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra wait for her to arrive at the Supreme Court in Bangkok for the final hearing in her trial over a rice-subsidy scheme on July 21, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Thai PM Yingluck attends final court hearing over rice scheme

Crowds of supporters of former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra wait to see her outside the Supreme Court in Bangkok on July 21, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fugitive ex-Thai premier holds talks with Cambodia's Hun Sen

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen (R) shakes hands with fugitive former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra at the Cambodian prime minister's office in Phnom Penh on Sept. 17, 2011. It was their first face-to-face talks since Thaksin's ouster from power in 2006. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Thai PM Thaksin

TOKYO, Japan - Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra speaks during a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Aug. 23, 2011. He mentioned the possibility for Japan and Thailand to further strengthen economic partnership under an existing bilateral free trade agreement, which came into force after he was ousted in a 2006 military coup in Thailand. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Thai PM Thaksin

TOKYO, Japan - Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra delivers a speech in Tokyo on Aug. 23, 2011. He called for the development of a shared growth strategy between the Japanese and Thai governments. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Thai Prime Minister Thaksin in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Sinawatra. Thaksin arrived in Japan on Aug. 22, 2011, for a seven-day stay. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Thai premier Thaksin in Cambodia

SIEM REAP, Cambodia - Fugitive former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra gives a speech in Siem Reap, Cambodia on April 14, 2012. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Thai premier Thaksin visits Cambodia

SIEM REAP, Cambodia - Fugitive former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra (C) arrives at Siem Reap airport in Cambodia on April 14, 2012. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Thai premier Thaksin visits Cambodia

SIEM REAP, Cambodia - Fugitive former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra (C) is surrounded by supporters at a hotel in Siem Reap, Cambodia on April 14, 2012. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Thai premier in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Former Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on March 2, 2012. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Thai PM Thaksin

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken Aug. 23, 2011, in Tokyo shows former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. The Thai foreign ministry reissued an ordinary passport to the ousted former prime minister on Oct. 26, 2011, after it concluded Thaksin's movements overseas do not harm the country, a Thai foreign ministry spokesman confirmed Dec. 16. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra gives an interview to Kyodo News on Oct. 18, 2018, in Hong Kong. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra gives an interview to Kyodo News on Oct. 18, 2018, in Hong Kong. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Thai PM Thaksin

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Hong Kong on Oct. 18, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Thai PM Thaksin

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Hong Kong on Oct. 18, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Thai PM Thaksin

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Hong Kong on Oct. 18, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Thai PM Thaksin

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Hong Kong on Oct. 18, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Thai PM Thaksin breaks silence on Twitter

Ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, seen in this undated photo, posted on his personal Twitter account on Aug. 30, 2017, about justice and judicial tyranny, following his youngest sister Yingluck's escape from the country amid a court trial on negligence charges. "Montesquieu once said, 'There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice,'" Thaksin, who lives in exile, said in his first tweet in about two years, quoting the French political philosopher Montesquieu. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Thai PMs Yingluck, Thaksin still popular in hometown

An enlarged photo of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra decorates a wall at a restaurant in his hometown of San Kamphaeng in Chiang Mai Province, northern Thailand, as seen on Aug. 26, 2017. Thaksin, who lives in exile, and his younger sister Yingluck, also a former prime minister, remain immensely popular in the district despite both having been ousted from office. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Thai PMs Yingluck, Thaksin still popular in hometown

A calendar (top L) featuring former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and her elder brother, former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, is pictured at a market in their hometown of San Kamphaeng in Chiang Mai Province, northern Thailand, on Aug. 26, 2017. Yingluck, who failed to show up for a court ruling on Aug. 25 and faces arrest, has fled to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, sources in her Pheu Thai Party said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo