BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s influential former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been formally indicted for allegedly insulting the monarchy, the attorney-general’s office said on Tuesday. Thaksin is expected to seek bail from a criminal court in the case that stems from a 2015 media interview. (Reporting by Panarat Thepgumpanat and Chayut Setboonsarng, Writing by Devjyot […]
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Former Thai PM formally indicted in royal insult case – official
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BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s influential former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been formally indicted for allegedly insulting the monarchy, the attorney-general’s office said on Tuesday.
Thaksin is expected to seek bail from a criminal court in the case that stems from a 2015 media interview.
(Reporting by Panarat Thepgumpanat and Chayut Setboonsarng, Writing by Devjyot Ghoshal; Editing by John Mair)