Thai ex-premier’s wife gets jail for tax evasion
Jul 31st, 2008 | By David Harper | Category: WorldThe Australian: The wife of Thailand’s deposed prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been convicted of tax evasion and sentenced to three years’ jail.
It is the first ruling against telecommunications tycoon Mr Thaksin’s family since the 2006 coup that toppled him from power.