Former PM Thaksin Shinawatra was recently released under a King's birthday amnesty.
attended his first hearing in a royal insult case at a criminal court in Bangkok on Monday, a day after being formally released under a King’s birthday amnesty.
Thaksin, surrounded by the media, arrived at the Criminal Court of Thailand with his legal team and paid respects to a portrait of Queen Mother Sirikit before entering the courtroom. The charge, under the lese majeste law which carries a maximum sentence of 15 years per offence, was brought by the attorney general in June 2024 over comments Thaksin made during a 2015 interview with a Korean channel.
His lawyer stated that the next hearing is scheduled for July 2025, with a total of seven sessions set to take place before the verdict is reached. Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.
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