The 74-year-old ex-PM, who returned from exile Tuesday to face criminal convictions, is suffering from multiple complaints including high blood pressure, officials said.
The property tycoon easily secured the needed votes in both houses, but his party’s decision to join hands with pro-military former foes has been controversial.
A court ordered him to serve eight years for three convictions passed in his 15-year absence, but it was unclear how long he will actually spend behind bars.
After his private jet landed in Bangkok, where he was greeted by a crowd of ‘Red Shirt’ supporters, he was led away to face arrest in the criminal cases he...
His promised return from self-exile on Tuesday follows a coalition deal between Pheu Thai, the party headed by his daughter, and establishment-backed candidates.
President Joko Widodo, current ASEAN chair, said the bloc's efforts to solve the crisis would continue along the lines of its Five Point Consensus.
Hun Manet will officially assume the position after a vote by the rubber-stamp parliament on Aug. 22.
After Pheu Thai leaders and pro-military party figures were seen in talks toasting iced chocolate-mint drinks, it was dubbed "friend-betraying beverage.”
He will hand power to his son Hun Manet, who was groomed in the leadup to Sunday’s one-sided election, which Hun Sen’s CPP won after sidelining any meaningful opposition.
Beijing offered no explanation for the sacking of Qin Gang, who has not been seen in public for a month, but experts said it appeared to be a political purge.
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