Thaksin, who returned to Thailand last week after 15 years of self-exile, is facing an 8-year jail term. Read more at straitstimes.com.
on Tuesday said any move to seek a royal pardon for her father would be entirely “up to him” and such a process would take time.
Ms Paetongtarn, a senior member of the Pheu Thai Party leading the incoming government, was speaking a day after visiting her father in hospital and said she was concerned about his heart. The long-awaited return of Thaksin coincided with ally Srettha Thavisin being elected prime minister in a parliamentary vote that same day.
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