BANGKOK: Thailand’s former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is officially a free man, less than a week after receiving a royal pardon, the Department of Corrections said on Tuesday.
Thaksin, 76, served eight months of a one-year sentence for corruption and abuse of power before being released on parole last month due to his age and health.
The Department of Corrections said the former premier was required to wear an electronic monitoring device as a condition of his release.
The telecoms billionaire was among those eligible for a royal pardon on June 3, Queen Suthida’s birthday, because he had less than one year remaining on his sentence.
The corrections department said on Tuesday Thaksin’s electronic monitoring device had been removed.
