Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin freed on parole

Key Facts

• Image source, AFP via Getty Images Image caption, Thaksin Shinawatra was seen being driven away from a police hospital in the capital Bangkok on Sunday Thailand's convicted former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has arrived at his mansion in the capital Bangkok after being released on parole.
• The billionaire was freed from a police hospital, where he had been serving a one-year jail sentence for corruption and abuse of power.
• Thaksin, 74, was detained as soon as he returned to Thailand last August from 15 years in self-imposed exile.
• On Sunday, Thaksin was seen being driven away from the police hospital in the capital, where he had spent six months.

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