Thai court orders Thaksin Shinawatra must serve one year in jail
Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on September 9, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 22, 2026
Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on September 9, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 22, 2026
Thaksin Shinawatra is sentenced to one year in jail by Thailand's Supreme Court, affecting the political landscape. The ruling is a major blow to his influential family.
BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thailand's Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled billionaire Thaksin Shinawatra must serve one year in jail, in another major blow for a powerful family that has dominated politics for two decades.
Police would take Thaksin into custody, a Reuters reporter who attended the verdict said. Thaksin had yet to leave the courthouse.
(Reporting by Panarat Thepgumpanat; Writing by Martin Petty)
The Thai Supreme Court ruled that Thaksin Shinawatra must serve one year in jail.
Police would take Thaksin into custody immediately following the verdict.
The reporting was done by Panarat Thepgumpanat and written by Martin Petty.
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