Thailand’s controversial billionaire former premier Thaksin Shinawatra has been granted parole after serving six months in detention, the prime minister said Tuesday, while highlighting his service to the country. The influential Thaksin, a political heavyweight and arguably Thailand’s best known prime minister, made a dramatic homecoming after living abroad for 15 years in self-exile to… Read More Thailand’s prime minister Srettha Thavisin Grants Parole to jailed predecessor Thaksin Shinawatra