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Influential ex-Thai PM Thaksin to receive verdict on royal insult case in late August

By theStar in July 16, 2025 – Reading time 1 minute
Influential ex-Thai PM Thaksin to receive verdict on royal insult case in late August



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BANGKOK (Reuters) -A Thai court will deliver a verdict on former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in a royal insult case on August 22, his lawyer said on Wednesday.

“We are confident that we will receive justice,” Winyat Chartmontree told reporters.

Thaksin, Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra’s father, remains influential in Thai politics.

(Reporting by Panarat Thepgumpanat and Chayut Setboonsarng, Editing by David Stanway)



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