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Thaksin is launched on parole after six months in hospital
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand's controversial billionaire and former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra was launched on parole on Sunday after six months in jail.
Here’s a timeline of his political profession.
1998
Thaksin based the Thai Rak Thai (Thais Love Thais) social gathering.
2001
Thaksin is elected prime minister and will increase spending on well being care, rural improvement and agricultural subsidies, his “Thaksinomics” for the poor.
2003
Thaksin launches a high-profile conflict on medicine through which critics say greater than 2,500 individuals have been executed.
2005
Thaksin's social gathering wins one other landslide election, rising its share of seats within the 500-member decrease home of the Home of Representatives to 377.
2006
An anti-Thaksin protest motion, the Individuals's Alliance for Democracy, is gaining momentum after the Shinawatra household bought its telecommunications firm Shin Company tax-free to Singapore's sovereign wealth fund Temasek, benefiting from a capital features loophole. The demonstrators additionally level out conflicts of curiosity.
In September, the navy staged a coup in opposition to Thaksin whereas he was overseas, saying the protests wanted to finish.
2007
Thai Rak Thai is dissolved after the coup over voter fraud and 111 of its senior members, together with Thaksin, are banned from politics for 5 years.
As an alternative of combating the corruption allegations, which he says are politically motivated, Thaksin forgoes bail and goes into exile, initially in Britain.
In July he purchased the English Premier League membership Manchester Metropolis for $164 million, delighting the football-loving Thais. His critics describe the acquisition as a political ploy.
In December, the Thaksin-backed Individuals Energy Social gathering gained 233 of 480 parliamentary seats in a basic election.
2008
He’s flying again to Bangkok to defend himself in opposition to corruption prices after his ally efficiently fashioned a authorities earlier this 12 months.
In August, Thaksin skipped his bail and fled to London. Anti-Thaksin protesters closed two of Bangkok's worldwide airports in December after paralyzing a pro-Thaksin authorities with months of avenue protests and the months-long occupation of presidency headquarters in Bangkok.
The Individuals's Energy Social gathering, supported by Thaksin, is dissolved because of electoral fraud.
2009
Professional-Thaksin demonstrators led by the United Entrance for Democracy In opposition to Dictatorship, often known as the “Crimson Shirts,” start protests in opposition to the federal government, calling it unelected and illegitimate.
2010
Crimson shirt protests paralyzed Bangkok for months till a navy crackdown that left at the least 90 individuals useless in clashes with safety forces. That is the worst political violence in Thailand since 1992.
2011
The brand new elections had been gained in a landslide by one other new pro-Thaksin social gathering, Pheu Thai. Thaksin's youthful sister, Yingluck Shinawatra, turns into prime minister.
2013
Anti-government protesters led by a Democratic Social gathering chief are clogging the streets of Bangkok after Yingluck's authorities launched an amnesty invoice that would have led to Thaksin's return. The protests have been happening for months.
2014
Yingluck's authorities is overthrown within the 13th profitable navy coup for the reason that nation grew to become a constitutional monarchy in 1932.
2023
Thaksin is welcomed by rock stars as a refugee when he returns to Thailand. Crowds cheer him as he arrives on a non-public jet and law enforcement officials greet him earlier than escorting him to court docket after which to jail. He’s taken to the hospital on his first night time, with officers elevating considerations about his coronary heart and blood stress.
His return coincides with the election of ally and political newcomer Srettha Thavisin as prime minister on the identical day.
Thaksin requests a royal pardon and his eight-year jail sentence is commuted to at least one 12 months by the king.
February 2024
After six months in hospital, Thaksin is launched on parole because of his age, well being and size of imprisonment.
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