Court seizes bulk of Shinawatra fortune

Former Thai leader Thaksin Shinawatra was today convicted of abusing his powers to make a personal fortune and almost a billion dollars of his assets seized.

Court seizes bulk of Shinawatra fortune
Fri, 26 Feb, 2010 - 15:42

Former Thai leader Thaksin Shinawatra was today convicted of abusing his powers to make a personal fortune and almost a billion dollars of his assets seized.

The country's Supreme Court did not take the full €1.67bn frozen after he was overthrown as prime minister in a 2006 coup.

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