Bangkok, Nov 17, 2025 (AFP) - Thai court orders ex-PM Thaksin to pay $500 mn tax bill: reports

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Thailand's Supreme Court ordered jailed former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra on Monday to pay back taxes over the sale of his telecoms firm, the judiciary said, with reports putting the sum due at around half a billion dollars. In 2006, Thaksin was dogged by corruption allegations and mired in controversy over the tax-free sale of shares in his company, Shin Corp. Later that year he was ousted as prime minister in a coup and then went into ex......

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