The justice minister said Thaksin was one of 930 prisoners granted parole on Tuesday, and his release was not expected until after February 17.
Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who is imprisoned in Thailand, is expected to be released, according to local media reports.
Thai media reported on Tuesday, citing Justice Minister Thawee Sodson, that the Thai man was jailed for eight years for abuse of power before a royal pardon reduced his sentence to one year, and that he was granted release on the grounds of age and health. The media reported.
The politician and businessman was taken to hospital after spending a night in prison due to high blood pressure and has remained there ever since.
Tawi told reporters that he was among 930 prisoners released on parole on Tuesday and is scheduled to be released after February 17.
He returned to Thailand in August last year after living in exile for more than 14 years.
Thaksin came to power in 2001 on a populist platform that appealed to Thailand's rural population, long ignored by the country's ruling elite. Mr. Thaksin was returned five years later in a disaster, but the military seized power in a coup in September 2006 while he was in New York preparing to give a speech to the United Nations.
Thaksin was also accused of serious human rights violations during the violent conflict in Muslim-majority southern states and a “war on drugs” that killed thousands of people, but he was later found guilty of abuse of power. , mainly in exile in Dubai.