Thailand: Ex-PM Thaksin Walks Free, But ‘At A Cost’

By Nontarat Phaicharoen and Ruj Chuenban

The release of jailed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra just six months after he returned from 17 years of self-imposed exile highlights Thailand’s entrenched elitist politics and will further undermine faith in the justice system, analysts and activists say.

The billionaire...