Thailand's billionaire ex-PM Thaksin submits royal pardon request
Thaksin, Thailand's most famous politician, made a dramatic homecoming after 15 years abroad where he lived in self-exile to avoid prison.
Daughter of Thailand's ex-PM Thaksin says clemency request 'up to him'
Thaksin was transferred from prison to a Bangkok police hospital just a few hours into his first night in jail, complaining of chest pains and high blood pressure.
Thailand's jailed ex-PM Thaksin hospitalised after return from exile
Corrections department officials say Thaksin has pre-existing issues with his heart, lungs and spine and blood pressure.
Thailand's fugitive ex-PM Thaksin returns to jail from years in self-exile
Thaksin fled abroad 15 years ago before he was jailed in absentia for abuse of power, two years after the military toppled him in a coup, alleging corruption and disloyalty to the powerful monarchy, which he refutes.
Thailand's fugitive ex-PM Thaksin returns from 17 years in self-exile
Thaksin fled abroad in 2008 to avoid a jail sentence for abuse of power, two years after the military toppled him alleging corruption and disloyalty to the monarchy, which he has vehemently refuted.
Thailand's influential ex-PM Thaksin eyes July return from exile
Prime minister from 2001 until his overthrow in 2006, Thaksin built a political empire by courting millions of disenfranchised working class voters with populist policies.
