Thailand’s former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been acquitted of insulting the monarchy, in a reprieve for the patriarch of the country’s most powerful political clan.
Thaksin, a billionaire telecoms magnate, had faced up to 15 years in prison under the country’s strict royal defamation law.
But a criminal court in Bangkok on Friday said the charges had been dismissed after finding no intention to defame the monarchy. The prosecution can appeal against the ruling.
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