Bangkok, Aug 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was moved from a Bangkok prison to a hospital in the wee hours on Wednesday after he complained of chest pain and hypertension, according to media reports.
Thaksin was transferred to Bangkok's police hospital as the 74-year-old has several diseases that need to be monitored, and the prison ward is not well equipped to treat his condition, the Corrections department said in a statement, Xinhua news agency reported.
Thaksin was Thailand's premier from 2001 to 2006.
He returned to the country on Tuesday after years of self-exile. He was soon put behind bars upon arrival to serve an eight-year sentence due to several convicted charges.
Source: IANS
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