Court clears Thailand’s ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra in royal insult case
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This rare acquittal on lese majeste charges indicates that the Thai establishment — the king and the military — have realized that an alliance with Thaksin and his Pheu Thai party is key to preventing parliamentary efforts to scrutinize or reform the army and palace. This decision is politically motivated rather than based on legal merit.
Thaksin has been acquitted because the court found insufficient evidence against him in this case. This has nothing to do with the government or political calculations, and suggesting so is an attempt to violate the court's authority.