Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra Receives Royal Pardon
Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, one of the country's political heavyweights, has received a royal pardon. He had been sentenced to eight years in prison after returning to Thailand from over a decade of self-imposed exile. His pardon comes just a day after his daughter was elected as the country's new prime minister.
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00:00Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has received a royal pardon. It comes a day
00:05after his daughter was elected as the new Prime Minister of Thailand. 75-year-old billionaire
00:11Thaksin is one of Thailand's most prominent politicians. He was in power from 2001 until
00:172006, when he was ousted in a military coup. Thaksin spent the next 15 years in exile.
00:23After returning to Thailand, he was sentenced to eight years in prison for graft and abuse
00:28of power. But he only served six months before being granted parole, which was set to end
00:34later this month.