PRESS RELEASE:
Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra was still being treated in hospital over the weekend and a senior doctor said his condition remained a concern, three days after his historic return from self-exile.
The 74-year-old Thaksin was hospitalized after suffering chest tightness and high blood pressure on the first night in prison, where he has been ordered to serve 8 years for conflicts of interest and abuse of power.
Soponrat Singhajaru, a senior doctor at Bangkok’s police hospital, told reporters that the former premier was coughing, adding that “from the lung X-rays, heart and lung specialists are still worried.” He declined to elaborate due to patient confidentiality.
Thaksin arrived on Tuesday (22 Aug) before being taken to a court, a prison, and a hospital hours later, on the same day that Srettha Thavisin of the Pheu Thai Party was named Thailand’s 30th Prime Minister.
The preceding is a press release from the Thai Government PR Department.
