Thai court says ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra must serve year in prison | Politics News

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Thailand’s Supreme Court ruled that hospital stay does not count as time served for the ex-prime minister.

Thailand’s Supreme Court has ruled that former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra must serve one year in prison, in a watershed case for the kingdom.

The court issued its ruling on Tuesday in a review of whether Thaksin’s stay in the private room of a police hospital from 2023 to early 2024 counted as time served towards an earlier…