Former Thai PM Thaksin charged with royal insult

Controversial billionaire Thaksin, twice prime minister but ousted in a 2006 coup, returned from self-exile in August last year and was immediately jailed on old graft and abuse-of-power charges.

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Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra greets his supporters after landing at Bangkok's Don Mueang airport on August 22, 2023. - Thai police have charged former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra with lese-majeste over comments he made almost a decade ago. (AFP)