The wife of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been convicted of tax fraud by a court in Bangkok.
Pojaman Shinawatra was sentenced to three years in prison, in the first of a series of cases against the family.
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Thaksin ally quits Thai cabinet ... and her secretary were charged with trying to avoid paying 546m baht ($16.3m) in tax when transferring shares.
Mr Thaksin has always said that no family member was not guilty of any corruption charges against them.
(BBC)
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