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Former Thai PM Thaksin sentenced to 8 years in prison

Thailand's Supreme Court sentenced former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra to eight years in prison today after his return to the kingdom from a 15-year self-imposed exile.

The sentences were passed on him in absentia, the court said in a statement.

Thaksin was sentenced to three years in prison for approving a loan from the... 

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