Thaksin to return to Thailand in August after 15 years in exile | Politics Information

Billionaire former prime minister faces a possible jail time period on corruption fees if he returns residence.

Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra plans to return residence on August 10 after 15 years in self-imposed exile, his daughter has mentioned.

The announcement on Wednesday got here amid a prolonged political crisis in Thailand following a normal election in Might.

Thaksin, 74, was twice elected prime minister, however toppled in a army coup in 2006. He fled Thailand in 2008 to keep away from a jail sentence for corruption that he claimed was politically motivated. He has been dwelling in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates.

“I can’t imagine what I’m about to write down. Dad is coming again on Aug 10 at Don Meung airport,” his daughter Paetongtarn Shinawatra wrote on her official Fb web page on Wednesday.

“My coronary heart and everybody in our household really feel overwhelmed, completely happy and fearful, however we respect Dad’s determination,” she mentioned.

Thaksin and the Pheu Thai occasion backed by his billionaire household stay widespread amongst Thailand’s working and rural plenty, coming in second within the Might 14 ballot.

Pheu Thai is making an attempt to kind a authorities after the military-dominated Senate blocked election winners Transfer Ahead from naming a main minister.

Pheu Thai is anticipated to appoint a candidate for the highest job within the coming days.

Thailand’s deputy nationwide police chief Surachate Hakparn mentioned Thaksin can be topic to the judicial course of upon his deliberate return.

He faces as much as 10 years in jail for a number of circumstances through which he was convicted by the nation’s supreme court docket, fees he says had been politically motivated.

“The police will conduct their duties usually when the airplane lands. He should go to court docket and take heed to what they resolve,” Surachate instructed the Reuters information company.

Thaksin had beforehand indicated he would return to Thailand in July.