Ousted leader Thaksin Shinawatra returned to Thailand hours before parliament votes for a new prime minister.
BANGKOK: Thailand's divisive ex-leader Thaksin Shinawatra returned to the kingdom on Tuesday , after 15 years in exile and hours before parliament votes for a new prime minister.
More Red Shirts lined the streets as the former Manchester City owner was taken to the Supreme Court to be jailed on old criminal cases. Thaksin, 74, was convicted in four criminal cases in his absence, although the statute of limitations has expired in one. The jail sentences against him total 10 years.
Thaksin has said he is prepared to face justice in order to return to his homeland and see his grandchildren - though he has long maintained the criminal charges against him are politically motivated.
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