(9 Sep 2025)
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Bangkok – 9 September 2025
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1. Various of former Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, walking out
2. SOUNDBITE (Thai) Paetongtarn Shinawatra, former Prime Minister and Thaksin’s youngest daughter:
"Today is another historic day that a Thai prime minister has to be in prison for the first time. This is quite tough, but, of course, our father and our family are still strong."
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3. SOUNDBITE (Thai) Paetongtarn Shinawatra, former Prime Minister and Thaksin’s youngest daughter:
"We appreciate all support for my father and family. Thaksin remains a spiritual leader for Thai politics. He always thinks about the country and always intend to improve lives of Thai people."
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4. SOUNDBITE (Thai) Paetongtarn Shinawatra, former Prime Minister and Thaksin’s youngest daughter:
"My family and I are worried about him but we are also proud that he has created a lot of history in the country."
5. Various of Paetongtarn leaving in a car
STORYLINE:
Thailand’s former prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra spoke to reporters after the Supreme Court said her father, former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra must serve a one-year prison term for previous convictions on graft and abuse of power charges.
The announcement came after investigating whether officials had mishandled Thaksin’s return to Thailand in 2023 to begin serving the sentences.
Paetongtarn thanked Thailand’s king for commuting Thaksin’s sentence. She said Thaksin would remain a spiritual leader in Thai politics and that he always thinks about working for the good of the country and Thai people.
"My family and I are worried about him but we are also proud that he has created a lot of history in the country."
Thailand’s Supreme Court said former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra must serve a one-year prison term for previous convictions on graft and abuse of power charges.
Before the ruling, Thaksin arrived at the court with his family, including two of his children, Pintongta Shinawatra, and former prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, who was removed last month after a court found her guilty of an ethics violation for a politically compromising phone call with Cambodia’s Senate President Hun Sen.
A judge said that the enforcement of Thaksin’s penalty was not done properly, and therefore his detention in a police hospital did not count as serving prison time.
Following his return to Thailand after more than a decade of living in self-exile, Thaksin was sent to a suite at Bangkok’s Police General Hospital, reportedly for medical reasons, after spending less than a day in prison.
His eight-year sentence was then commuted to one year by King Maha Vajiralongkorn, and he was released on parole after six months in the hospital.
The circumstances raised questions about whether he received special treatment and many were suspicious whether he was genuinely ill.
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