Thaksin Shinawatra Released from Bangkok Hospital After Serving Reduced 1-Year Sentence
• Thaksin Shinawatra, Thailand's convicted former Prime Minister, was released on parole from a Bangkok police hospital after serving a 1-year sentence
• The billionaire returned to Thailand in August 2022 after 15 years in self-imposed exile and was immediately detained
• His original 8-year prison term for corruption and abuse of power was reduced to 1 year by Thailand's king
• He spent no nights in jail, staying at the hospital for 6 months citing health issues
• Thaksin remains a divisive figure - loathed by elites but popular with poor, rural Thais for his populist policies during his 2001-2006 tenure