Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was released on the morning of Sunday February 18. This comes six months after his return from 15 years of voluntary exile.
His Pheu Thai party is suspected of having concluded a pact with its former adversaries - the monarchy and the army. The 74-year-old billionaire, in power from 2001 until the 2006 coup, was seen through his car windows, wearing a neck corset and sitting next to his daughter Paetongtarn.