Jailed Former Thai Premier Thaksin to Be Released Sunday

BANGKOK - Jailed former Thai Premier Thaksin Shinawatra will be released from hospital detention Sunday, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said.

Billionaire political heavyweight Thaksin, 74, who was Thailand's prime minister from 2001-2006, has been in detention since August, after making a dramatic homecoming from 15 years in self-exile overseas to avoid prison for a conflict of interest.

He had his eight-y