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Thai ex-PM Thaksin says ready to face royal insult charges

FILE PHOTO: Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's lawyer Winyat Chartmontri speaks to the press after Thailand's attorney general indictment’s over Thaksin Shinawatra’s royal insult case from his interview nine years ago, in Bangkok
June 25, 2024
Reuters

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said on Saturday he was ready to face charges of insulting the monarchy that mark a setback to a political heavyweight whose allies are currently in government.

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