By Panarat Thepgumpanat

BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thailand's Supreme Court will decide on Tuesday if former premier Thaksin Shinawatra should serve prison time that he skipped while in hospital detention, a high-profile ruling that could finally see Thailand's most influential tycoon jailed.

On return from 15 years of self-imposed exile in 2023, he spent only a few hours in prison before being transferred to hospital complaining of heart trouble and chest pains, prompting widespread scepticism and public outrage.

His eight-year sentence for conflicts of interest and abuse of power was commuted to one year by the king and Thaksin was released on parole after just six months, the entirety of which he had spent in the VIP wing of a hospital.

Thaksin's entourage is facing a period of political re

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