Former Thai Leader Thaksin Released On Parole.

Yesterday, former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was released on parole due to failing health. According to a report from the BBC, he was released from a police hospital where he had been serving a one-year prison sentence after being found guilty of corruption and abuse of power charges. Last August, he returned to Thailand after being in self-imposed exile for 15 years after a military coup ousted him.  According to a report by Aljazeera, many in Thailand are unhappy that Thaksin’s sentence was reduced from eight years to one year and feel that Thaksin and the current Thai government brokered a sweetheart deal to shorten Thaksin’s sentence. No one is sure what will happen next, but knowing Thaksin, despite ill health, he will want to play a role in Thai politics.