The Thai Corrections Department’s director-general has agreed to allow convicted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra to remain at the Police General Hospital for medical treatment, as recommended by his doctors.

 

The extension order was signed 24 hours before Thaksin’s stay at the hospital reaches its 60th day tomorrow (Sunday).

It was not specified in the order how long Thaksin will stay at the hospital, as the decision rests with the doctors in charge of treating him.

 

Anti-Thaksin groups and activists have described the treatment of the convicted former prime minster as an example of double-standards, noting that, since his arrival in Thailand on August 22nd, after his 15-year self-imposed exile abroad to avoid incarceration, he has not spent a day behind bars.

 

They also demand an explanation from the doctors about the actual illnesses, which necessitates his treatment at the Police General Hospital, instead of in the hospital of the Corrections Department.

 

Full story: Thai PBS 2023-10-23

 

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Corrections Dept Chief Allows ‘Sickly’ Thaksin To Stay Longer At Police Hospital
By Thai Newsroom Reporters

 

De facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra upon his return to Thailand on August 22, 2023, left, and being wheeled to undergo a CT Scan and MRI last week, right. Photo: Matichon

 

DE FACTO PHEU THAI boss-cum-convict Thaksin Shinawatra has been officially allowed to stay beyond a 60-day limit at Police Hospital, a partisan source said over the weekend.

 

Corrections Department director-general Sahakarn Petnarin has already allowed the “sickly” Thaksin to stay on at Police Hospital beyond the 60-day limit, which is otherwise scheduled to end tomorrow (Oct.22) though details of his “illnesses” have invariably remained a mystery to the public.

 

How much longer the de facto Pheu Thai boss-cum-convict could possibly be allowed to stay at the hospital will primarily depend on decisions of the doctors who have been taking care of him, according to the department chief.

 

Full story: THAI NEWSROOM 2023-10-23

 

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Thaksin Shinawatra’s Hospital Stay Under Review by Department of Corrections
By Kittisak Phalaharn

 

 

National—On October 21st, 2023, regarding the case of Mr. Thaksin Shinawatra, the former Thai Prime Minister, was an exemplary inmate according to the Ministry of Justice and currently undergoing treatment at the Police General Hospital.

However, the recuperation period would only allow one to stay up to 60 days, the deadline was on October 22nd, 2023.

 

Pol. Gen. Torsak Sukvimol, the commissioner general of the Royal Thai Police, publicly revealed that the Thai Department of Corrections would have to wait for a doctor’s diagnosis after the 60-day recuperation period.

 

Full story: THE PATTAYA NEWS 2023-10-23

 

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What a joke. We all know he's at home with his family.

Could've sworn we were told he was fine a week ago or so... right around the time the photo of him in the pool with his grandkid was leaked.

Still. Nothing to do with us. It's the Thais that [should probably] need to be up in arms, but that'll never happen.

The illness is hyperbaht. Happens to people with too much money. 

Talk about taking the Piss !!.

No words for that. Bribed all important policemen and politicans and he can do what he wana do. Chinese gangster Thaksin. 

LoL 

LOS...

Land Of Scams

Land Of Shams

Land Of Shinawatra 🤮

He may well reportedly be in ICU... but more a case of 'I don't see you!'

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Corrections Dept Chief Allows ‘Sickly’ Thaksin To Stay Longer At Police Hospital
By Thai Newsroom Reporters

 

De facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra upon his return to Thailand on August 22, 2023, left, and being wheeled to undergo a CT Scan and MRI last week, right. Photo: Matichon

 

DE FACTO PHEU THAI boss-cum-convict Thaksin Shinawatra has been officially allowed to stay beyond a 60-day limit at Police Hospital, a partisan source said over the weekend.

 

Corrections Department director-general Sahakarn Petnarin has already allowed the “sickly” Thaksin to stay on at Police Hospital beyond the 60-day limit, which is otherwise scheduled to end tomorrow (Oct.22) though details of his “illnesses” have invariably remained a mystery to the public.

 

How much longer the de facto Pheu Thai boss-cum-convict could possibly be allowed to stay at the hospital will primarily depend on decisions of the doctors who have been taking care of him, according to the department chief.

 

Full story: THAI NEWSROOM 2023-10-23

 

- Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here.

 

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Till his time served, ha ha, reaches the sentence period, not long to go now before he will be cured  lol.

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Mr. Thaksin Shinawatra, the former Thai Prime Minister, was an exemplary inmate according to the Ministry of Justice

Wow, and they deduced that little gem after only seeing him in their establishment for what?.....6 hours? ...Brilliant.

Nothing new hear, if he is still in the hospital, then a few baht should get the required signatures from the physicians.

As predicted, he won't spend an hour in the can, looking good, Thailand! 🤔

4 hours ago, webfact said:

The Thai Corrections Department’s director-general has agreed to allow convicted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra to remain at the Police General Hospital for medical treatment, as recommended by his doctors.

Of course, he is such a sick man.

2 hours ago, webfact said:

regarding the case of Mr. Thaksin Shinawatra, the former Thai Prime Minister, was an exemplary inmate according to the Ministry of Justice and currently undergoing treatment at the Police General Hospital.

How can he be an "inmate" he hasn't been in jail

1 hour ago, jacko45k said:

He may well reportedly be in ICU... but more a case of 'I don't see you!'

IDCU ?

4 hours ago, webfact said:

How much longer the de facto Pheu Thai boss-cum-convict could possibly be allowed to stay at the hospital will primarily depend on decisions of the doctors ...

... who , of course , are well paid for their opinion .

 

Send him back to Dubai . ( they will not do this , of course , he has to many friends in his new government )

He only is a burden and troublemaker for Thailand .

Edited October 22, 20232 yr by nobodysfriend

it's not him that's sick, it's everyone else who comes in contact with him, they all come down with Thaksinitis.

Amazing all this time it’s been on the run. You don’t hear by anything with his house even the day before he came to Thailand he was at a party with that Cambodian guy but his buddy dictator or whatever is an hours that arrives in Thailand he’s flown to a police hospital because he’s in grave danger of dying from his illness or something, what a total joke TIT 

2 hours ago, sabai-dee-man said:

Could've sworn we were told he was fine a week ago or so... right around the time the photo of him in the pool with his grandkid was leaked.

Still. Nothing to do with us. It's the Thais that [should probably] need to be up in arms, but that'll never happen.

That photo was actually "leaked" 2 years ago. Still, you and the rest of the hate mob scoffed up the red meat as usual. Yawn ....

If this two tier justice system for the haves and have nots doesn't wake up the population to the way ordinary Thais are treated, I don't know what will. 'Let them eat cake.' And we know what happened to her.😉

Ahh the food at the hospital must be better then at the prison where he belongs, how much longer is this scam going to last, if you've all been paid off your bribe money just let him out so we don't have to keep reading this horse crap news

16 minutes ago, Gandtee said:

If this two tier justice system for the haves and have nots doesn't wake up the population to the way ordinary Thais are treated, I don't know what will.

Ahhh, never mind, there's rice in the bowl! 

Jeeze,

What a bummer for Taksin.

Spends years overseas, flying here, flying there. Healthy as an ox.

Poor guy returns to Thailand and immediately gets sick.

 

 

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6 minutes ago, ignore it said:

Jeeze,

What a bummer for Taksin.

Spends years overseas, flying here, flying there. Healthy as an ox.

Poor guy returns to Thailand and immediately gets sick.

 

 

Considering he delayed flights due to seeking medical treatment I suspect he was sick before arriving.

12 minutes ago, 2baht said:

Ahhh, never mind, there's rice in the bowl! 

I do wonder, were they to hold one of those NIDA polls, (you know, the ones asking a representative sample of 2000 people, from a variety of age groups, occupations and locations) what percentage would actually give a damn?

 

Amongst those who supported him, well he has come back, and his faction are in government ( sort off) so they are not too fussed. Those who opposed him, for the most part, it was not because of crimes, real or imagined, but because at his most popular (and powerful) he represented an existential threat to their leaders hegemony, that threat is largely tamed now by the manoeuvres which produced this government, and the further threats to it are from elsewhere (and may well rock their complacency fairly soon). They are not too fussed.

Edited October 23, 20232 yr by herfiehandbag

I think they need to release some details on the convict's medical condition(s).

 

Yes, I know they've invoked privacy concerns but the convict is a public figure, and the public needs to be assured that the "system" is not being bent in his favor.

 

I recall many times when Rama 9 was hospitalized when Doctors gave lengthy briefings on his condition. 

 

Even general statements like  "his health is improving/stable/getting worse".

 

Radio silence on this matter does no one any good, even the convict.