After lying low and staying out of sight -- presumably to lick the wounds inflicted by the Medical Council of Thailand (MCT)'s ground-shaking ruling on May 8 regarding his controversial stay at the 14th floor of the Police General Hospital -- former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra re-entered the public foray on May 27 with a vengeance. Apparently, the event was choreographed to give the former prime minister an opportunity to refute the widespread rumour that he had skipped out of the country ahead of a hearing set on June 13 by the Supreme Court's Criminal Division for Political Office Holders. That small-but-significant statement from the council constitutes a big slap on the faces of Thaksin's cronies who persistently said he was suffering from several life-threatening diseases that required him to be transferred from the Corrections Department's hospital to the PGH for treatment for up to six months without spending a day in prison to serve his one-year jail term.
Author: Veera Prateepchaikul
Published at: 2025-06-01 21:00:00
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