R. P. Scott<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Thailand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Thailand</span></a> - Police hospital chief transferred over Thaksin stay</p><p>> [..] have been accused of helping Thaksin receive privileged treatment in a luxury ward on the 14th floor of the hospital.</p><p>> The Medical Council concluded that the doctors provided false or misleading medical documents or information regarding Thaksin’s health to facilitate his extended hospital stay.</p><p>> On Sept 9, the Supreme Court ordered Thaksin, 76, to actually serve the year’s imprisonment to which he was sentenced two years ago, rejecting his prolonged stay in hospital as part of his sentence.</p><p>> The court said it considered as illegitimate the transfer of Thaksin from Bangkok Remand Prison shortly after his arrival there on Aug 22, 2023 after he complained of chest pain.</p><p>> Thaksin had returned to Thailand that same day after 15 years in self-imposed exile. He stayed at the police hospital instead of in prison until his parole in February 2024.</p><p>> The former prime minister is now in the maximum-security Klong Prem Central Prison.<br> <a href="https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/3114592/police-hospital-chief-transferred-over-thaksin-stay" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bangkokpost.com/thailand/gener</span><span class="invisible">al/3114592/police-hospital-chief-transferred-over-thaksin-stay</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SouthEastAsia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SouthEastAsia</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ThaksinShinawatra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThaksinShinawatra</span></a></p>