And the latest nonsense :
The Department of Corrections has asked people not to refer to former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra as a prison inmate, to smooth his future return to society - even though he is serving a jail sentence while in hospital.
The statement said the department referred to male and female offenders as inmates only when they were actually in prison. This practice was in compliance with the Corrections Act.
The word inmate should not be used when inmates' names were mentioned outside prison. Doing so could affect their return to society and also infringe on their human rights, the statement said.