Thaksin released on bail after lese majeste indictment

Former PM viewed as becoming more active in Thai politics

20240618 Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra at a Bangkok airport in 2023. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)

APORNRATH PHOONPHONGPHIPHAT, Nikkei staff writer

BANGKOK -- Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been granted bail after he was officially indicted by the attorney general on Tuesday for allegedly insulting the monarch.

The attorney general announced the charge after months of consideration. The 74-year-old Thaksin had asked for a postponement from May 29 to Tuesday because he was ill with COVID-19.

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