Former Thai Prime Minister, from 2001 to 2006, Thaksin Shinawatra, was seen at Don Mueang Airport in Bangkok on Tuesday morning after his arrest on the tarmac when his private jet touched down. He was greeted by well-wishers who came out to cheer him on. Later in the morning, after being whisked off to appear before the Supreme Court in the Sanam Luang area of the capital, he was taken to Bangkok Remand Prison, where he was admitted to a medical ward before lunchtime as he began an eight-year prison sentence for abuse of power, fraud and corruption.

Tuesday marked the end of an era in Thailand as the former premier ended his extended period in exile since 2008 and even before that, from 2006 on the same day as his political party saw its nominee elected as Thailand’s 30th Prime Minister.

 

The kingdom’s most famous inmate, now housed at Bangkok Remand Prison, ended the day in a private room at a medical ward under 24-hour medical care as he began an eight-year prison sentence which many expect will be a lot shorter than that but, as the last 100 days since the May 14th General Election show, nothing is ever as predictable in Thailand as it is in other countries.

Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was airlifted from prison early on Wednesday morning to Police General Hospital in Bangkok after becoming ill just 12 hours after being admitted to the medical wing of Bangkok’s Remand Prison on Tuesday.

 

Mr Thaksin was sent to prison on Tuesday morning by order of the Supreme Court to serve 8 years in respect of three finalised convictions and was later admitted to Bangkok Remand Prison where on Tuesday night he was reported to be staying in a monitored room at the medical wing of the establishment without air conditioning but with limited online connectivity to keep in touch with family and friends.

 

by James Morris and Son Nguyen

 

Full story: https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2023/08/23/thaksin-flies-in-is-whisked-away-to-prison/

 

-- Thai Examiner 2023-08-23

 

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The thick plottens...

"GET TO DA CHOPPA!"

One of my biggest fears, he dies in Thailand under suspicious circumstances (or not), the country descends into chaos.

In recent candid photos he looks ghastly.

Definitely has health issues.

Maybe that prompted his return.

And the game begins.

 

Start will small seeds about his bad health & then he needs to stay there all the time. Next, he is so ill that he needs 24 hour care and he can only get that at home.

 

It's a game.

surprise surprise surprise, will be home detention next, this was the plan from the start, he will never spend time in jail especially now pt is in govt, the people of Thailand have been crapped on big time alll for this mans return and for pt to get their snouts back in the trough

First to hospital.

 

Then to home?

 

To serve his sentence there, under medical and corrections supervision, of course?

 

A much needed plot twist.

He was out of the headlines for at least 20 minutes.

 

Hope the inmates at Bang Kwang get equal treatment when they get a tummy bug.

 

He looked chipper on the G650 yesterday.

 

It would be better if they just skipped to the end part where he is Pardoned, but banned from Politics for at least 10 years.

 

 

 

 

And so it begins...

First on the agenda for Srettha is to get Mr Thaksin out of jail. He is too sick to be in there. He should be at home with his family. 

????

25 minutes ago, webfact said:

was airlifted from prison early on Wednesday morning to Police General Hospital in Bangkok

Good luck Thaksin.

A friend of mine was taken there when he had been shot.

He died after being there for 9 hours.

When I went to collect his body and pay the bill, it was only for bandages.

No surgery, no doctors fees. etc.

He had been left to slowly die on a trolley in a corridor.

16 minutes ago, lordgrinz said:

One of my biggest fears, he dies in Thailand under suspicious circumstances (or not), the country descends into chaos.

And many rejoice that a serious threat to Thailand's stability, development and transition to a real democracy has been removed.

6 minutes ago, bamnutsak said:

He looked chipper on the G650 yesterday.

And also walking around shaking hands before he got onto the aircraft in Singapore.

He could be ill, but there will be cynicism. 

32 minutes ago, webfact said:

airlifted from prison early on Wednesday morning to Police General Hospital in Bangkok

Some of Thailand's best doctors are at the Army Hospital in Bangkok, ...  why not take him there?

 

And the  'shticks' and games begins felling ill all of a sudden and being helicoptered to hospital, never heard of any other prisoner being helicoptered to hospital before.

1 minute ago, jacko45k said:

And also walking around shaking hands before he got onto the aircraft in Singapore.

He could be ill, but there will be cynicism. 

Tiny little detail on the linked story about him being remanded in a non-air conditioned medical ward.  That could be quite a shock to a 74 yo who's not accustomed to it.

Just now, ezzra said:

And the  'shticks' and games begins felling ill all of a sudden and being helicoptered to hospital, never heard of any other prisoner being helicoptered to hospital before.

 

No other prisoner has a net worth of US$2bn

Just now, jacko45k said:

And also walking around shaking hands before he got onto the aircraft in Singapore.

He could be ill, but there will be cynicism. 

I'd be more worried about someone trying to punch his ticket, especially in government custody, though the outcome of that would be unfathomable. This place is an unstable powder keg waiting to explode, he should have stayed away.

So he can wear his own clothes, and not have to get a haircut, I wonder what other inmates feel about that.

10 minutes ago, Tropicalevo said:

A friend of mine was taken there when he had been shot.

He died after being there for 9 hours.

Yes, but Tony is not sick.

7 minutes ago, ezzra said:

And the  'shticks' and games begins felling ill all of a sudden and being helicoptered to hospital, never heard of any other prisoner being helicoptered to hospital before.

You never knew a VIP

was he stripped searched on arrival at the jail? I would love to see where he is staying in jail, I am told they have special suites in there, 

2 minutes ago, ChipButty said:

was he stripped searched on arrival at the jail? I would love to see where he is staying in jail, I am told they have special suites in there, 

Wait till you see her selfies with her new mates.

In another thread on Thaksin it was said that if he was in a prison cell too long there was a good chance of him being "epsteined".

I'd say it would be more likely in a hospital.

8 minutes ago, lordgrinz said:

  This place is an unstable powder keg waiting to explode, he should have stayed away.

 

A bit over-dramatic don't you think?

 

Have you noticed how quiet the military have been whilst the current scenario plays out.

 

 

Thaksin should have stayed away if he has any lingering political ambitions. I doubt that even his egomania would let him think that Srettha would step aside to allow him to take the helm.

First the hospital, then being cared for at home, and finally his ascend back to the PM-ship.

Anyone can predict a time frame for this?

Entirely predictable.

 

A few weeks in a luxury suite at the police hospital followed by home detention. Followed by a pardon.