Thai legal ruling mandates imprisonment of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra for a term of one year

In a dramatic turn of events, Thailand's government, led by Paetongtarn Shinawatra, fell on Friday, outmanoeuvred by challenger Anutin Charnvirakul. This development came 11 days after the court sacked Paetongtarn as prime minister.

The fallout began when the Supreme Court ruled that Thaksin Shinawatra, Paetongtarn's father and a former prime minister, must serve one year in jail due to his unlawful detention in a VIP wing of a hospital. Thaksin, who returned from 15 years of self-imposed exile in 2023, spent only a few hours in prison before being transferred to a hospital due to heart trouble and chest pains.

Anutin Charnvirakul, the chairman of the Bhumjaithai Party, was elected premier by parliament in a humiliating defeat for Thaksin's Pheu Thai party. The court will take Thaksin into custody following the verdict, but the specific details of this have yet to be announced.

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