BANGKOK -- Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra was charged on Wednesday under the kingdom's stringent laws against royal insult and computer crime, stemming from comments made in 2015 to a South Korean news outlet.
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Thaksin Shinawatra, former Thai PM, charged with lese-majeste
Legal challenges haunt both Pheu Thai founder and PM Srettha
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Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra during an interview in Tokyo in 2023. He has now been accused of violating Thailand's strict lese-majeste laws. (Photo by Yuki Kohara)
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