Built in 1890, Bangkok Remand Prison is now poised to receive Thailand’s best-known and most popular convict – Thaksin Shinawatra. Former prime minister Thaksin, now 74, has lived in self-imposed exile since 2008, avoiding accumulated jail sentences amounting to 10 years behind bars. The Supreme Court has sentenced him in absentia to two years in … Continue reading The inside story of Bangkok Remand Prison as it prepares to welcome Thaksin