Jailed Former Thai PM Thaksin May Be Eligible For Parole in May

Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, serving a one-year sentence in a Bangkok prison for corruption, may be eligible to be released on parole in May, raising the possibility that the influential politician may play a role in the country’s politics again.

Thaksin, 76, may be considered for early release after having served two-thirds of his sentence, which began on Sept. 9 last year, according to a Department of Corrections statement on Tuesday. A committee consisting of justice, corrections and law enforcement officials must approve his parole, it said.