Thailand’s Thaksin moved from jail to hospital a day after returning from exile

Thailand’s divisive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra was transferred from prison to a hospital, less than a day after returning from an extended exile and starting an eight-year sentence (Sakchai Lalit/AP)

Thailand’s divisive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra was transferred from prison to a hospital early on Wednesday, less than a day after he returned from an extended exile and started serving an eight-year sentence.

The 74-year-old had returned to Thailand after 15 years abroad on the same day a party linked to him won a parliamentary vote to form a new government.