BANGKOK, 13 Feb: Jailed former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is to be freed, the kingdom’s justice minister said Tuesday, possibly as soon as the weekend — just six months after returning from 15 years of self-imposed exile.
Thousands of Thai anti-government protesters clashed with riot police in Bangkok’s capital on Tuesday (August 10), amid rising anger over the handling of the coronavirus pandemic by Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha’s administration.