On 2/15/2024 at 2:53 AM, webfact said:

AN EM ANKLE BRACELET will definitely not be put on the “untouchable” de facto Pheu Thai boss-cum-convict Thaksin Shinawatra during his parole

He doesn't need one, he's not hard to find, wherever he goes he always has a mass of hangers on, just look for the crowd!

On 2/15/2024 at 2:53 AM, webfact said:

 

AN EM ANKLE BRACELET will definitely not be put on the “untouchable” de facto Pheu Thai boss-cum-convict Thaksin Shinawatra during his parole, according to a senior government official.

 

Corrections Department director-general Sahakarn Petchanarin confirmed today (Feb.14) Thaksin may go around anywhere in the country without an EM ankle bracelet during his parole, expected to begin on the upcoming Sunday or Monday, after he has roughly served half of his one-year “sentence” at Police Hospital in lieu of Bangkok Remand Prison.

 

Being over 70 years old and having “critical illnesses” the symptoms and details of which remain a mystery to the public, Thaksin will be literally free of any EM shackles, according to the department chief.

 

During parole, Thaksin can go on air for an interview at a news agency or travel anywhere within the country but cannot leave the country, according to the department chief.

 

By Thai Newsroom Reporters

TOP: De facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra arriving in Thailand last August, above, and a file photo of him, Front Page. Top photo: Thai Rath

 

Full story: THAI NEWSROOM 2024-02-15

 

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I must say, if the photo is him leaving the hospital, he looks really healthy and not the sickly 70 year old the police and prison system claims. 

I guess I would be all smiles if I was sentenced to many years and only had to do 1 hour in a prison and a few months in the hospital and now free to do as he wants without anyone keeping track of his activities. 

No ankle bracelet?  How about a collar yoke, instead.