Bangkok —

Thailand’s top court ordered the influential former prime minister and billionaire Thaksin Shinawatra to prison for one year Tuesday in a dramatic turn of events for the embattled political titan.

The Supreme Court ruled that Thaksin’s prolonged hospital stay last year was unlawful and ordered him to serve his sentence at Bangkok Remand Prison, according to the court.

Thaksin, 76, a towering and divisive figure, served as prime minister from 2001 until he was ousted in a military coup in 2006. He made a dramatic return to Thailand in 2023 after 15 years in self-imposed exile, and was sentenced to eight years in prison for conflict of interest, abuse of power and corruption during his time in power.

Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn then reduced Thaksin’s prison senten

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