BANGKOK (BLOOMBERG) – One of Thailand’s most polarizing figures is staging a comeback, rallying young pro-democracy protesters from 3,000 miles away in a fresh challenge to military leaders who have held power since 2014. Despite more than a decade in self-exile following a corruption conviction, Thaksin Shinawatra – a
Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra welcomes his guests for the wedding of his youngest daughter Paetongtarn “Ing” Shinawatra at a hotel in Hong Kong. A court in Thailand has on Thursday, June 6, 2019 sentenced former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in absentia to two years in prison over his handling of a state lottery program he initiated while in office more than a decade ago