Former PM Of Thailand, Thaksin Shinawatra, Granted Special Bail

<h4>&NewLine;Former PM Of Thailand<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that Thailand&&num;8217&semi;s former Prime Minister&comma; Thaksin Shinawatra&comma; has been granted bail under a new rule&comma; paving the way for his release from a police hospital in the coming days&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Thaksin&comma; 74&comma; who was jailed for eight years for abuse of power before a royal pardon reduced the term to one year&comma; was granted release on parole&comma; Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin told reporters on Tuesday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Thaksin&comma; who returned from exile last August and was promptly arrested&comma; is among 930 inmates approved for early parole out of a list submitted by the Department of Corrections&comma; Justice Minister Pol Col Tawee Sodsong said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;According to the &lbrack;Department of Corrections&rsqb; committee&&num;8217&semi;s report&comma; Mr&period; Thaksin was on the list of those who were eligible for special parole&comma; since he was classified in a group of aging inmates &&num;8230&semi; who are over 70 and suffered serious health problems&comma;&&num;8221&semi; the minister said according to information available to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">OpenLife&period;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin&comma; who hails from the party Thaksin founded&comma; confirmed the parole and said it was &&num;8220&semi;in line with&&num;8221&semi; regulations&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Thaksin was ousted as prime minister in a military coup in 2006 and fled Thailand in 2008&comma; avoiding an eight-year sentence for corruption and abuse of power handed down by the Supreme Court&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He returned voluntarily on Aug&period; 22&comma; in conjunction with the rise of the Srettha-led Pheu Thai party government&comma; and was jailed&period; But on his first night in Bangkok Remand Prison&comma; he was transferred to Police General Hospital for apparent heart and lung problems&period; He has been there since&comma; despite little clarification on what exactly ails him&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In December&comma; the Department of Corrections announced a new rule that special parole can be granted to inmates who have completed one-third of their prison terms and are either over 70 or are suffering from grave health problems&comma; and instead can serve out their sentences at home&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Thaksin&&num;8217&semi;s confinement in hospital&comma; coupled with the convenient rule change&comma; has stirred accusations that the tycoon is receiving favorable treatment&period; The former leader&&num;8217&semi;s jail term was already shortened from eight years to one year by royal clemency&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Thaksin is listed as eligible for this special parole between Feb&period; 18 and Feb&period; 20&period; The precise timing and terms&comma; such was what kind of monitoring may be imposed on him&comma; remain unclear&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;23970" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-23970" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-23970" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;02&sol;247158-300x208&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Former PM Of Thailand&comma; Thaksin Shinawatra&comma; Granted Special Bail" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"208" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-23970" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>Former PM Of Thailand&comma; Thaksin Shinawatra salivating air of freedom<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;