Former Thai leader Thaksin Shinawatra is released on parole
[ad_1] BANGKOK — Thailand’s billionaire former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was released on parole on Sunday after six months in detention, his first day of freedom in his homeland 15 years after fleeing in the wake of his overthrow in a military coup. Thailand’s best-known and most polarizing premier, the influential Thaksin has loomed large over politics during the…
