BANGKOK: Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is unlikely to be sent back to jail because of the pending lese majeste charges against him and will probably be allowed to serve the rest of his six-month term at home, a well-informed source said.
BANGKOK, Feb 6 Thai police have charged former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra with lese-majeste over comments he made almost a decade ago, officials said today, though it is.
A Thai court will on Wednesday rule on whether an opposition party plan to amend a law against insulting the monarchy is unconstitutional, in what could set a precedent for future moves to change one of the world's strictest lese majeste laws. Move Forward, the biggest party in parliament, won last year's election on a progressive platform that included a once unthinkable proposal to amend the lese majeste law, which carries penalties of up to 15 years in jail for each perceived insult of Thailand's powerful crown.