File photo of Thai ex-PM Thaksin (right) meeting with Donald Rumsfeld in 2005. Thailand's Supreme Court has ruled that the family of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra be stripped of $1.4 billion in frozen assets, more than half of a contested $ 2.3 billion fortune. According to the court, the seized assets were illegally gained while Thaksin was Prime Minister; specifically, his familial involvement and connections with Shin Corporation.
File photo of Thai ex-PM Thaksin (right) meeting with Donald Rumsfeld in 2005. Thailand's Supreme Court today ruled that the family of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra be stripped of 46.3 billion baht (US$1.4 billion) in frozen assets, more than half of a contested $ 2.3 billion fortune. According to the court, the seized assets were illegally gained while Thaksin was Prime Minister; specifically, his familial involvement and connections with Shin Corporation.
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