3 October 2023 at 05 : 17 is PUBLISHED.
According to Wissanu Krea-ngam, a former deputy prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra has the same freedom as all other prisoners to have his prison sentence reduced in the future.
Thaksin, who has returned to Thailand from 15 years of self-imposed captivity, is receiving care at the Police General Hospital’s advanced hospital while serving his prison sentence.
According to reports quoting him, Mr. Wissanu claimed that the royal pardon now given to Thaksin, which resulted in the reduction of his combined 8-year jail term to one year, was final and that he had no right to request additional leniency.
Mr. Wissanu claimed he was misquoted and that his true intention was to imply that the royal forgiveness announced on Friday was a last royal choice.
He claimed he made no mention of Thaksin losing his various eligibility for additional prison sentence reductions or a new forgive.
Thaksin has the same rights as other prisoners with a month or less to function, according to Mr. Wissanu.
The length of Thaksin’s remaining prison sentence might still be shortened. But I’m not sure if it will be reduced or no. Some anticipate that it will be cut even more on Father’s Day( Dec. 5 ),” he said.
One moment after Mr. Wissanu received a petition that Thaksin had officially filed in his ability as caretaker justice minister, the pardon was granted on Friday.
After the Supreme Court sentenced Thaksin to eight years in prison for three circumstances, he was sent to a quarantine area of Bangkok Remand Prison upon his profit.
He was admitted to the Police General Hospital 13 hours later with stomach problems, high blood pressure, and lower blood oxygen absorption. Since then, he has stayed it.