PETALING JAYA: Negri Sembilan shooter Gan Chen Jie has shattered the Malaysia Games (Sukma) record at the Sarawak Shooting Centre in Petra Jaya on Saturday (Aug 17).
The royal pardon will immediately free Thaksin Shinawatra from his commuted sentence for corruption cases. - Photo: Reuters
BANGKOK: Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is included in a royal pardon for prisoners and his parole will end on Sunday , his lawyer Winyat Chartmontri told Reuters on Saturday . According to a report by Thai-language newspaper Matichon, the royal pardon will immediately free Thaksin from his commuted sentence for corruption cases.
He is currently on parole after his sentence was royally commuted to one year, from eight, almost a year ago.The King granted amnesty for prisoners, detainees and those on parole to offer them a new opportunity to contribute to society, according to a statement on the Royal Gazette website on Aug 17.Paetongtarn Shinawatra, his youngest daughter, on Aug 16 won a parliamentary vote to become Thailand’s new prime minister.
She was picked after the country’s Constitutional Court dismissed Srettha Thavisin, who is a member of the same Pheu Thai party, in an ethics violation case. - Bloomberg, Reuters
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