As speculation continued to swirl in Thailand of a backroom deal to grant jailed former leader Thaksin Shinawatra leniency on his sentence, posts have shared a picture of him appearing to be healthy alongside the false claim the image was taken in January 2024. The photo, however, was actually published on Instagram by his daughter in July 2022. According to Thai authorities, Thaksin remains in a police hospital because of poor health as of January 23, 2024.
After former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra was moved from prison to a police hospital in August 2023, several images surfaced in social media posts that falsely claim they show he was serving his jail sentence at home. The billionaire former leader was jailed on old graft and abuse of power charges on his return to Thailand after 15 years in self-imposed exile. The images, however, were taken from an April 2022 video filmed in Dubai where Thaksin has mostly lived before returning to the
Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will return from 15 years of exile next month, according to his daughter Paetongtarn Shinawatra, a prime minister candidate for the party he helped found. Thaksin turned 74 today, and Paetongtarn’s morning announcement comes nearly three months after he vowed to return due to old…