The rules of the Thai court that must serve the PM

The Supreme Court in Thailand ruled that former Prime Minister Thaxin Shinwatra should serve a year in prison, in another blow to the influential political dynasty.

The decision is related to a previous case, where he was sentenced to years in prison for corruption, but he ended up spending less than a day in the prison cell while he was transferred to the hospital.

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court ruled that this transfer was illegal-and that the 76-year-old will have to be sentenced to prison.

Thaxin and his family have taken control of Thai policy since he was first elected to the Prime Minister in 2001. It was removed from the office last month On a leakage phone call.

Shortly after the announcement of the ruling, Thaxin issued a statement on social media stating that “although I lost my material freedom, I will still have freedom to think for the benefit of my country and its people.”

He also pledged to preserve his power to the ownership service, Thailand and its people.

The former prime minister was expelled in a military coup in 2006 and spent years living in exile, most of them in Dubai.

When he returned to Thailand in 2023, he immediately was tried and convicted of corruption and abuse of power during his time in office and sentenced him to eight years in prison.

But Thaxin spent only hours in the prison cell before complaining about heart issues – and was later transferred to a luxury wing of the Thailand Police Hospital.

After calling for the royal amnesty, the Thai king exceeded the prison sentence for one year.

Thaxin remained in the hospital for six months, then Receive a conditional release He moved to his home in Bangkok.

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court judge said in a statement that Thaxin “knew or could realize that he was not in critical or emergency.”

While Thaxin was suffering from chronic medical conditions, he could have been treated as external patients, and the judge said during his ruling that staying in the hospital is illegal.

She attracted the “fourteenth floor case”, as it is known in Thailand because of the hospital floor in which it remained, with great scrutiny.

Dealing with the issue has criticized many Thai, who say that the wealthy and powerful are often given a distinct treatment.

Before Tuesday’s ruling, many were closely watching Thaxin’s movements.

Last week, he flew from Thailand in a private plane to Dubai, where he was looking for a medical treatment. He said on social media that he intends to return to the court session.

He appeared in court in Bangkok on Tuesday morning with Paetongtarn, smiling and greeting the media and a group of supporters. Thaxin was wearing a suit with a yellow tie, the color associated with the ownership of Thailand.

Paetongtarn told the reporters after the ruling that she was “worried” over her father, but he and their family were in “good spirits”.

She also said that she would take the Thai party in the family’s family in their work as an opposition party.

The Thaxin case took place at the time of political turmoil in Thailand, and the court’s decision on Tuesday is another sign of the wealth of Xinwatra, the clan and Vio Tai.

The “fourteenth floor case” is not the only situation that Thaxin has faced in recent months.

He was also accused separately of insulting the Thai king, but last month the court He acquitted from Lese-majeste.

Meanwhile, Paetongtarn was involved in controversy after the Cambodian leader Hun Sen leaked a phone call to the border conflict of the Thai size, where I heard that he was “his uncle”.

Then it was removed from his position after the Constitutional Court found that it violates the ethical standards expected from its office.

Last week, the Parliament of Thailand He chose Anutin Charnvirakul as the new Prime Minister, The third in two years.

The Bhumjaithai party from Anutin launched the coalition led by PHEU Thu, and received adequate support in Parliament from another to win the Premier League.