Thaksin Shinawatra, the billionaire former prime minister of Thailand, remains one of the country’s most influential and controversial figures nearly two decades after being ousted in a 2006 military

Paetongtarn, 39, became Thailand’s youngest prime minister last year. But she was suspended in July over alleged ethical violations after former Cambodian leader Hun Sen leaked a phone call in which she appeared to blame Thailand’s military for escalating border tensions.

But the reprieve for Thaksin Shinawatra, who remains a political force, did not mean that the legal troubles for him and his family were over.