Thailand’s billionaire former premier Thaksin Shinawatra still treated in hospital on Friday (Aug 25) and his condition remained a concern, a senior doctor said, three days after his historic return from self-exile.
Thaksin, 74, hospitalised after suffering chest tightness and high blood pressure on the first night in prison, where he has ordered to serve eight years for conflicts of interest and abuse of power.
Thailand’s most famous politician arrived on a private jet to cheering crowds on Tuesday before taken to a court, a prison and then hours later, a hospital, in dramatic events that overshadowed political ally Srettha Thavisin taking over as prime minister that same day.